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    • B Offline
      btsp
      last edited by

      Hi new member, first post please inform me if i have this in the right topic

      I am currently designing a arcade control console.

      I wish to use the intersecting tools to connect the to parts of the panel with a piece i will be making out of wood.

      Is there a way i can get them to intersect and delete the access.

      Below are pictures that will help to explain

      Any help would be great


      this is what i am going for, this was sketched as an idea


      these are the two pieces i wish to connect by another piece sloping down from the bigger piece to the smaller piece


      so i have tried placing a square in between the two pieces and i cant seem to get it to work.

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      • cottyC Offline
        cotty
        last edited by

        I'm not shure if I understand the problem, but Curviloft may help...


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        • TIGT Offline
          TIG Moderator
          last edited by

          CurviLoft, and a number of other tools, will give a swept transition between the two surfaces.
          However, if you want a 'straight intersection' or simply 'a third angular insert solution', then think of it as a 'hipped roof'...
          If the two forms do intersect nicely then just two lines added across the gap will make a connecting top face [repeat this for the bottom/sides].
          BUT it they are 'skewed' then you need to add a diagonal as well to form two triangular facets.
          You can smooth any edges afterwards...

          TIG

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          • Dave RD Offline
            Dave R
            last edited by

            Are you planning to bend the wood or shape it to make a curved transition from one piece to the other? Or will you have three flat pieces joined together?

            If it is the latter, just use the line tool to connect the corners between the center section and the side piece. If upon completion of the loop you don't get a face, the piece can't be made as a flat piece.


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            • B Offline
              btsp
              last edited by

              thank you all for the replys. i will try your suggestions

              Thanks again

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