A quick Modelling question
I've looked and looked and can't find info on this, but I swear I remember doing it years ago when I was learning Maya . . .
I'm creating a model of an actual building (from photos and blue prints) for a client. I've got the basic structure, and now I'm adding detail like doors and windows. It's an older building, and the window wells and door frames have a unique shape, not just rectangles. I seem to remember using one object to delete a chunk out of another object. I think that's gonna be the best way to do this, but I can't remember how and I'm looking and not seeing what I'm looking for in the help section. Can I create an object and use that object to delete big chunks out of another object? |
Do I need to combine the polygons, and then start deleting stuff? Or is there a way to position one polygon and use some tool so that if it were deleted, it would leave an impression of itself in the other object?
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I think what youÕre looking for here is Booleans (I think itÕs Booleans>Difference to be exact).
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I think that you're thinking about booleans, see the attached image.
There are a couple of different boolean operations (combine, difference and intersection) and how they work depends on the order that you select the geometry. In the image I selected the sphere then the cylinder and hit bolean difference. I hope that helps, Mat. |
That's exactly what I was looking for. Cheers!
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Ah crap . . . any chance you can do something similar with Polygons rather than NURBS?
I've got two different projects where I've got polygonal models that I need to remove shaped chunks. But they're already polygons and I'd hate to start over and redo them using NURBS. So am I out of luck or is there a way I can accomplish what you showed above, but with polygons? |
IÕm pretty sure you can.
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Heh . . . um . . . any idea how?
I'm not seeing anything similar in the polygons menu (I'm running 8.5) and Maya Help isn't helping at all. Feeling real silly here. :headbang: How would you do that with polygons? |
Make sure youÕre under your Polygons menu, (the thing in the top right) and go to Mesh>Booleans.
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You are saving my life and I feel like such a schmuck that I didn't see it there. :beer:
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You're gonna kill me . . .
So what if I have a number of separate polygons, that I want to apply this boolean > difference to? For example, a series of say 10 cylinders that you want to trim with another polygon? I know it only does it with 2 polygons, so is there a way to group the 10 cylinders in such a way that it only considers it one? I've tried "group" and "parent" commands, and those aren't working. Do I really have to do them each by hand?--one at a time? |
IÕm kind of confused about what youÕre saying. Just test around and see! ThereÔs always cmd+z (ctrl+z on a PC) if you screw it up! Just remember to save after you do something big.
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The image that I posted was made with polygons (mesh).
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If you don't want to have to do (as your example stated) 10 things, each by hand, you could always combine the 10, then use the boolean (object + 10 things(now combined) = new object)
If there are a lot of those kind of doorframes, then just duplicate, duplicate and duplicate some more. If i've misunderstood the problem, or re-stated the obvious, then I am sorry. Hopefully I have been useful even in the slightest!, Chris |
Thanks, all. I know I wasn't very specific or articulate in some of what I was asking.
Everything you guys said has helped me solve the problem. Thanks! |
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