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 From:  blindfoldjump
7232.1 
Does anybody have a good technique to share with me on how to create clean looking Panel-lines?
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 From:  Michael Gibson
7232.2 In reply to 7232.1 
Hi blindfoldjump, sometimes dividing things into different solid chunks and then filleting the edges of each remaining piece can work well, see here:
http://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=3859.2

If you want to make an indentation try some of these methods:
http://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=3024.4
http://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=4010.4
http://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=3318.1
http://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=4791.13

- Michael
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 From:  blindfoldjump
7232.3 In reply to 7232.2 
Thanks alot Michael!
I'll try these out right away
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 From:  chippwalters
7232.4 
I do it in this video using the first technique Michael describes.

EDITED: 5 Feb 2015 by CHIPPWALTERS

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 From:  blindfoldjump
7232.5 In reply to 7232.4 
Ah yes, I found that video actually. Great tutorial! Thanks a bunch Chipp

That technique works like a charm.

One question though - instead deleting and creating a hole would it be possible to just inset downwards slightly?
I tried it several times without any success.
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 From:  Michael Gibson
7232.6 In reply to 7232.5 
Hi blindfoldjump,

> One question though - instead deleting and creating a hole would it be possible to just
> inset downwards slightly?
> I tried it several times without any success.

Can you please post the 3DM model file in it with the piece that you're trying this with? It helps a lot to be able to see the actual geometry to figure out what is going on.

- Michael
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 From:  blindfoldjump
7232.7 In reply to 7232.6 
Sure Michael - here it is:

(The red marked area)

EDITED: 6 Feb 2015 by BLINDFOLDJUMP


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 From:  Michael Gibson
7232.8 In reply to 7232.7 
Hi Blindfoldjump - basically the way inset works can make trying to inset a smooth set of faces to be difficult - that's because the main way that Inset tries to do things is by keeping one face in place and then doing offsets on the surrounding faces. When all the pieces meet up smoothly that method does not work - when it's just a planar face in the middle of a bunch of smoothly connected faces it will try to use a different method but when you are trying to do multiple pieces all meeting smoothly it's a difficult case for it.

Inset tends to work better when used on a more structural entire face like a face of a cube that's bordered by sharp boundaries on all sides of it, it has difficulties on panels that are carved out of a larger shape such that the panel is all smooth to its neighboring faces.

What you might want to use on a narrow smooth strip like that is to use Construct > Shell to thicken it into a solid, then if you have the main solid all still in place rather than interrupted by a hole you can use boolean difference to cut the thickened piece from the main body, otherwise if you have cut an open hole you would delete the top faces of the thickened object and then use Edit > Join to glue the 2 pieces with unjoined edges together into a finished joined piece.

- Michael
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 From:  blindfoldjump
7232.9 In reply to 7232.8 
Outstanding! I used the method of Shell + Boolean Diff. and it worked great.
Thank you
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