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Basic modelling help please
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Basic modelling help please // New Users
Post by weaveribm // Aug 19, 2007, 11:11am
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More interesting question this time I hope
I created my skirting board this time by adding loops and dragging faces
I'm stuck now on how to add a surface (face?) that fills in the gap between the coloured edges in the shot below. If I could add a face bridging the gap between the edges, there would be my chamfer and Polyfilla. Lots of Polyfilla if I'm doing it :)
How to get the two skirting board components with a nice tidy join there that's what I'm after please am I going about it the right way from Workspace? I don't want to do this in Modelside even if I was capable of doing that :)
Can faces fixed-pivot on the end vertexes? Like locking one end of an object while scaling it.
Thanks in advance for help offered!
Peter
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o63/Mington/OnFinals/replacing_oldskirtingJoinEdges.png |
Post by Jack Edwards // Aug 19, 2007, 11:34am
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Hi Peter,
1.) Delete the internal faces
2.) use the selection tools to select the two edges you want to join
3.) click the add face tool
If you want to merge the edges instead, then move the points to where you want them, select each set of points you need to weld and use the weld tool.
Let me know if you need more visual help. ;)
-Jack. |
Post by weaveribm // Aug 19, 2007, 12:32pm
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Thanks Jack!
1.) Delete the internal faces
I found that I could Blend Polygons to (I think) do the same thing, so I have just two faces now of the two objects
2.) use the selection tools to select the two edges you want to join
This is where I'm stuck Jack, I can't select the edge over on the second object even holding down Ctrl to grab the other edge... Selection tools ah thanks will check that out, ploughing through the PDF manual not to be lazy :)
3.) click the add face tool
If you want to merge the edges instead, then move the points to where you want them, select each set of points you need to weld and use the weld tool.
That's great thanks Jack so it can be done then. Knowing it's actually possible (seeing Searched posts implying it might not be) is half the battle :)
Peter |
Post by TheWickedWitchOfTheWeb // Aug 19, 2007, 1:44pm
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I can't select the edge over on the second object
Because it's a separate object. Boolean union them together (Model side) and then you will as it'll register as one object. |
Post by weaveribm // Aug 19, 2007, 10:36pm
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Because it's a separate object
Ah thanks Emma!
I'm back at work this morning and in the Shock before Coffee :)
Peter |
Post by TheWickedWitchOfTheWeb // Aug 20, 2007, 12:01am
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Emma?? Did someone change my name and forget to tell me? :-)
Forgot to say, if you've got the PolyTools plugin you could also use those rather than add the individual bits yourself after you've booleaned together. Just a time saving thing but no big advantage otherwise. |
Post by weaveribm // Aug 20, 2007, 2:40am
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Aaagghh! Sorry milady I beg your pardon of course it was you please forgive!
PolyTools plugin you could also use
Lovely, thanks again :)
Peter |
Post by Jack Edwards // Aug 20, 2007, 10:50am
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Ah you hit it right on the head WWotW! I missed that entirely! :D
Also the meshcollapse.tsx plugin that ships w/ TS 7.x will collapse multiple grouped meshes into a single mesh without booleaning the geometry.
-Jack. |
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