Cutting edge a specific distance from vertex

# 1 04-06-2015 , 04:11 PM

Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2014

Posts: 7

Cutting edge a specific distance from vertex

Misleading title perhaps. So I have a wall, say it's X' thick. Well I want to extrude a new wall perpendicular to the end of the first wall, that is also X' thick exactly. To do that, I was going to measure the length of the edge on the far end, and then use the multi cut tool to add a vertex that distance away from the corner of the wall. I didn't know how to measure the edge, nor would I know how to cut the side edge at that distance.

There is a better way to do this, if I know Maya at all, but I'm oblivious. Any ideas?

The picture shows, hopefully, what I'm trying to do with the multi cut tool.

Attached Thumbnails

Click image for larger version

Name: Capture.PNG
Views: 296
Size: 6.3 KB
ID: 56709

Quote

# 2 04-06-2015 , 04:17 PM

EduSciVis-er
Join Date: Dec 2005

Location: Toronto

Posts: 3,374

Try duplicating the wall and positioning it at right angles to provide a template for the thickness. You can snap the new wall by holding down d and v and MMB clicking on the corner vertex, then just hold v and MMB click on the corresponding corner of the old wall. Then once you have the new wall in place, (theoretically you could boolean them together) but you can create a new edge loop anywhere, then snap those vertices to the new wall by holding down v and dragging on just one axis of the manipulator. I don't know if that makes sense. If I was at home I might make a screencast, but I'm just on lunch break at work.

-stwert

Website - Blog - YouTube - Vimeo - Facebook - Twitter

-->How to Effectively Ask Questions on Forums<--

Quote

# 3 04-06-2015 , 04:22 PM

Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2014

Posts: 7

Try duplicating the wall and positioning it at right angles to provide a template for the thickness. You can snap the new wall by holding down d and v and MMB clicking on the corner vertex, then just hold v and MMB click on the corresponding corner of the old wall. Then once you have the new wall in place, (theoretically you could boolean them together) but you can create a new edge loop anywhere, then snap those vertices to the new wall by holding down v and dragging on just one axis of the manipulator. I don't know if that makes sense. If I was at home I might make a screencast, but I'm just on lunch break at work.

Originally Posted by stwert

No I understand, I'm actually surprised I didn't think of it. Thanks a lot. user added image