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Cut through fuselage polygons to make a door
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There are a few ways to do it, you can either use the Boolean tool - although backup your parts first as it can have lots of unintended consequences - and require some work to adjust it to how you want, or the slower way of adding a part and shaping it to match the fuselage then once matching the shape remove the polygons from the fuselage, join the parts together and create polys to fill in the holes. Both ways require work to get right.
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Adrian- Here's a good way.
I assume you have your fuselage ready. … ok
Boolean tool -
1. make a cylinder in the shape of the door you want. 2. rename it tool … 3. arrange the tool across the fuselage where yo want to the door. 4. put the tool only half way through if you want the door only on one side..... all the way through if you want a door on both sides ant the same place on the fuselage. 5. hilite the fuselage and also the tool. 6. click on 'parts' in the menu and at the bottom is Boolean operation. click on it. Boolean will now do its 'thing'. 7. Now get rid of any part that has the word... 'tool' in it. 8. choose other parts and move them out of the way so you see each individual part and you can now see your cut. 9. you will see a part that looks like a door. you can use that later for your doorway!
If you want windows too, make those - let's say you want 5 windows on both sides. Make a window with a cylinder (tube) copy and paste each where you want them on your plane.
Now- very important...….. choose all the windows and door... highlighting them so they are 'chosen'..... join these!!! Renae the join as tool. YOU CAN BOOLEAN ONLY ONCE SO CHOOSE ALL THE CUTS AND JOION, AND RENAME THIS AS TOOL!
make note that you can save the window cuts and use those as your window glass if you are going to make the fuselage a see through with neat stuff inside. I am Robert Lacy in Skype if you wish to talk there. have funners!
I assume you have your fuselage ready. … ok
Boolean tool -
1. make a cylinder in the shape of the door you want. 2. rename it tool … 3. arrange the tool across the fuselage where yo want to the door. 4. put the tool only half way through if you want the door only on one side..... all the way through if you want a door on both sides ant the same place on the fuselage. 5. hilite the fuselage and also the tool. 6. click on 'parts' in the menu and at the bottom is Boolean operation. click on it. Boolean will now do its 'thing'. 7. Now get rid of any part that has the word... 'tool' in it. 8. choose other parts and move them out of the way so you see each individual part and you can now see your cut. 9. you will see a part that looks like a door. you can use that later for your doorway!
If you want windows too, make those - let's say you want 5 windows on both sides. Make a window with a cylinder (tube) copy and paste each where you want them on your plane.
Now- very important...….. choose all the windows and door... highlighting them so they are 'chosen'..... join these!!! Renae the join as tool. YOU CAN BOOLEAN ONLY ONCE SO CHOOSE ALL THE CUTS AND JOION, AND RENAME THIS AS TOOL!
make note that you can save the window cuts and use those as your window glass if you are going to make the fuselage a see through with neat stuff inside. I am Robert Lacy in Skype if you wish to talk there. have funners!
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Any questions or further help- jyarddog@potc.net me, Bob