Train Body test

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 From:  Fitz (3DARTZ)
484.1 
hey guys,
so I've finally gotten sometime to sit and play with MOI.
I made this train body in about 30min, with some experimenting to get things working how I'd like.
I really like the line drawing tools,
but it took me a couple tries to get the objects to use as booleans to be solid objects.
Anyways, this is what I've got now!
Mike Fitz
www.3dartz.com

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 From:  Michael Gibson
484.2 In reply to 484.1 
Looks like a good start Mike!

> but it took me a couple tries to get the objects to use as booleans to be solid objects.

Could you describe a little bit more about the problems you ran into for this part?

Did you have some operations generate open surfaces instead of solids in an unexpected way?

- Michael
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 From:  Fitz (3DARTZ)
484.3 
thanks Michael!

Um, I should have stated the problems I was having was due to me not being familiar with the tools.
When I wanted to get circuits, or lines that conformed to the surface of the train,
I used the technique of boolean difference from the surface of the train, copied the resulting lines and then undo the boolean.
then past the lines back into the project.
Then I used the loft and sweep tools to create a solid object to create the windows.
It took me a few tries to get the loft and sweep tools to work "in my head".

Thats what I was saying....

Very pleasant experience thus far Michael!

Thanks
Mike Fitz
www.3dartz.com
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 From:  Michael Gibson
484.4 In reply to 484.3 
> Um, I should have stated the problems I was having was due
> to me not being familiar with the tools.

Well, I'm still pretty interested to hear about any kind of difficulties, regardless of where it originates from... :)


> I used the technique of boolean difference from the surface of the train,
> copied the resulting lines and then undo the boolean.

Sooner or later there should be a type of "create curves of intersection" command that would let you do this in a more straightforward way.


> Very pleasant experience thus far Michael!

That's good! :)

- Michael
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