How to make a recessed window on a curved surface

pilou · 10 Mar 2010, 15:29

select house / intersect with the model
move the "cube"
Explode the component
Select all
Intersect selected
paint transparent result rounded glasss

zigfoyer · 10 Mar 2010, 15:51

Hmm, not following you. That seems to get me to where I was before. I still can't figure out how you did the trim around the window.

Gaieus · 10 Mar 2010, 15:57

Dedmin - the question was "how to"?

Pilou - I would have sweared you'd come back with TOS - which would be perfect for this job of course. Your description is a bit brief however. I guess it's the same as my (no-plugin) solution, too.

control_room_04.skp

dedmin · 10 Mar 2010, 16:00

Tools on surface
Offcet
Offcet
Arc
and JPP

david_h · 10 Mar 2010, 16:06

Joint PP and Offset on Surface helps with that problem I believe

Gaieus · 10 Mar 2010, 16:12

Certainly - the "plugin way".

david_h · 10 Mar 2010, 16:32

What??? Is that bad? Did I violate the No Plugin Code thingy?

zigfoyer · 10 Mar 2010, 16:34

Ah, I see. Make the trim before I intersect with the building.

Awesome, thanks for all the responses.

Gaieus · 11 Mar 2010, 13:29

@unknownuser said:

What??? Is that bad? Did I violate the No Plugin Code thingy?

No, not at all, David.
Just when we are in the Newbie forum, I like to show people all the ways that native SU can solve. In this case, the plugin way will of course, produce much more regular and nicer geometry however.

@zigfoyer:

Glad if there was any helpful hints here - in either way. With such curvy geometry, you could indeed check out those plugins David mentioned.

david_h · 11 Mar 2010, 14:48

I knew that. .. just teasin' ya. It's all in good fun. You know me. .. i like to be the class clown!