9th July 2008, 07:40 PM | #1 |
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Firehydrant
Hey i am currently working on a fire hydrant and i am trying to figure out how do i intersect 2 cylindars/if you look at the pic you'll know what i mean .Cause having 1 thing inside another dont seem correct to me .Thanks
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9th July 2008, 07:41 PM | #2 |
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Re: Firehydrant
Oops forgot the picture./
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11th July 2008, 09:52 AM | #3 |
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Re: Firehydrant
Try the boolean tool on the object menu.
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11th July 2008, 01:02 PM | #4 |
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You mean like boolean subtract ?
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11th July 2008, 05:19 PM | #5 |
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Re: Firehydrant
Union, actually.
The tool is a little hit-or-miss on some shapes. The other one that sometimes does the trick is the knife tool, either the built-in one or the one from supercolormilk.com depending on whether or not you are working with a closed shape. Use the knife tool to cut a round opening from the main cylinder using the smaller cylinder as a knife. Don't remove the surface. Delete the smaller cylinder. Highlight the new surface you just made, and extrude to form shape projecting from the main cylinder. In a pinch, you can also use Insert Vertex and Slice Surface to cut a hole by hand. |
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