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    • Dave RD Offline
      Dave R
      last edited by

      That's a great tip. I frequently split components that are symmetrical along their centerlines. Then by copying that half or even quarter, mirroring the copy (copies) and hiding the seam lines I get the appearance of a whole without the file bloat. Getting ridd of those un-needed faces helps to hide the seam line. Here's an example

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      • GaieusG Offline
        Gaieus
        last edited by

        The only problem that unfortunately this won't work with curved surfaces - just like when you hide the lines on the side of a cylinder for instance instead of softening them.

        Still an important thing to remember and use this technique when there are coplanar faces!

        Gai...

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        • D Offline
          dylan
          last edited by

          Nice one Eric, I come across this problem a lot.

          http://dmdarchitecture.co.uk/

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          • tinanneT Offline
            tinanne
            last edited by

            GREAT TIP! I also have this problem, thanks Boo!

            Executive Director : American Society of Architectural Illustrators
            AIP 30 Competition opens soon. ASAI.org

            Architectural Rendering

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            • boofredlayB Offline
              boofredlay
              last edited by

              I am happy to hear this has helped so many.

              http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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              • EdsonE Offline
                Edson
                last edited by

                great answer to a problem that is not complex but very annoying.

                by the way, your signature reminds me of indian chiefs depicted in westerns with names that were descriptive of some of their main traits of personality (like "one who rises with the sun" and the like).

                regards.

                edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre • brasil
                http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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                • boofredlayB Offline
                  boofredlay
                  last edited by

                  That is beautiful Dave!

                  http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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                  • M Offline
                    mateo soletic
                    last edited by

                    Thank a lot Boo, great stuff.

                    [Concept Illustrations](http://concept-illustrations.com/)

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                    • Dave RD Offline
                      Dave R
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                      @unknownuser said:

                      That is beautiful Dave!

                      Thank you. 😉

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                      • Dave RD Offline
                        Dave R
                        last edited by

                        I did this one last night for a friend. Thought I'd post it as another example of this method.


                        http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v506/weekender410/th_CribRail.jpg

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                        • Jean LemireJ Offline
                          Jean Lemire
                          last edited by

                          Hi folks.

                          Good stuff Boofredlay.

                          If, for any reason, you want to retain the offending internal face that is showing trough the sides, you may hide it instead of deleting it.

                          Just ideas.

                          Jean (Johnny) Lemire from Repentigny, Quebec, Canada.

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                          • GaieusG Offline
                            Gaieus
                            last edited by

                            Good tip, Jean, John has also been thinking like you just one post above:
                            http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?p=23347#p23347

                            Gai...

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                            • B Offline
                              bcoleman001
                              last edited by

                              Great Tips! Thanks!

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                              • JClementsJ Offline
                                JClements
                                last edited by

                                Great tip.

                                I've been using this method for a while. However, I can never be sure (anticipate) if I'll need those surfaces later if a change to the model is needed. So I create My Hidden Edges and/or My Hidden Surfaces layers and then turn their visibility off and move the geometry to them (I try not to use the "hide" function). At end of modeling, getting rid of the hidden faces is as easy as deleting My Hidden Surfaces layer.

                                John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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                                  arcaterra
                                  last edited by

                                  HI
                                  I just tried to download the tutorial from your link, but I get an error that the page does not exist.

                                  Can you check?

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                                  • boofredlayB Offline
                                    boofredlay
                                    last edited by

                                    Fixed.

                                    http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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                                    • J Offline
                                      Julius
                                      last edited by

                                      very useful tip!

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