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      Howard leslie
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      Maybe Boolean Operations - Union, Subtract, Intersect etc are not just for Solids
      See:
      http://www.sycode.com/products/mesh_booleans_ac/index.htm
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      Would be hugely powerful.
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      Has anybody tried this add-on / got any comments ???
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        Chris Fullmer
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        Intersect with model often accomplishes the same thing. I'll admit though it is not really a one step boolean operation command. But it does do the trick most of the time.

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          ehaflett
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          To build on Chris's idea, intersect with model, then hide the geometry you don't want for the desired result. Wouldn't hidden and not hidden states of the geometry be the boolean 'attribute'? Are you looking to have this functionality in your work with excel tables and the hidden attribute is not doing the trick?

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            Howard leslie
            last edited by

            Nothing to do with Excel Tables !
            Purely Modelling.
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            Yes, currently you can Intersect with Model.
            This works well.
            However, afterwards you frequently want to delete some unwanted portions of your model.
            This can sometimes be very fiddley and intricate to make sure you select only the parts you want to be deleted and nothing else.
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            A Boolean type tool would essentially do the Intersect with Model and the Tidying up afterwards in one operation.
            It would enable you to very rapidly create complex geometry from simple geometry eg by using one object to clip another
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            Solid modelling with Autocad and other programs has this ability.
            My initial post points to an add-on for Autocad that suggests this may be possible with meshes and faces also.
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            Howard L'

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