Hi Danny,

Yes, I know it can be done with the Groove-- in fact that's HOW I used to do this. But I want a separate solid, which can have different properties while retaining it's 'solid' attributes-- so I can easily modify it later. It's also important when exporting to KeyShot where I may want to have an entirely different material and surface treatment.

:) ;)

Hi Chipp,

re:
> But I want a separate solid, which can have different properties while retaining it's 'solid' attributes

Just to make sure you know - it is possible in MoI to assign different style properties to individual faces within a single solid. Just make a face sub-selection and you can then assign the styles of just those faces.

But it is a common limitation in CAD programs in general that you usually can't do that though, and so you will often times lose those sub object styles if you use a CAD file format for data transfer.

If you use OBJ format for your transfer into Keyshot though, the sub-object styles will be preserved and that should allow you to have different material treatment for particular faces within a single solid without needing to make things as totally separate solids just for styling/material assignment purposes.

- Michael

Thanks Michael, I knew you could have different surfaces but wasn't sure how it exported to KeyShot. FYI, I'm working on something new for MoI users this weekend. ;-)

Another Inset Solids Tutorial with a few more "tricky stuff" (as Frenchy would say!).

Tricky easy stuff indeed! :)

And even easier way to accomplish #2:

Nice ans imple Chipp.

thank you.

A little variation! (maybe less complex - Solid at the end are not separated here) ;)
As you see with the vertical lines Inset is moved on the left from its dimensions so draw your Arc Circle in consequence! ;)
http://moiscript.weebly.com/uploads/3/9/3/8/3938813/variation.3dm

Thanks for sharing Frenchy!