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  • B Offline
    boofredlay
    last edited by 18 Nov 2007, 07:14

    Many times I have two or more components that touch but I don't want it to appear that they do. I want a seamless transition but want to keep the geometry separate.

    Here is a quick tutorial I created to show the best way to achieve this result.

    Download Tutorail

    The image below shows the before and after.

    http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/sas/Tutorials/HiddenSeamTutorial.jpg

    http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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      Krisidious
      last edited by 18 Nov 2007, 07:15

      awesome Boo... thanks for this.

      I run into this issue all the time with windows and doors in walls.

      By: Kristoff Rand
      Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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        Dave R
        last edited by 18 Nov 2007, 07:16

        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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          Gaieus
          last edited by 18 Nov 2007, 07:17

          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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            dylan
            last edited by 18 Nov 2007, 07:18

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

            http://dmdarchitecture.co.uk/

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              tinanne
              last edited by 18 Nov 2007, 07:18

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

              Executive Director : American Society of Architectural Illustrators
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                boofredlay
                last edited by 18 Nov 2007, 07:19

                I am happy to hear this has helped so many.

                http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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                  Edson
                  last edited by 18 Nov 2007, 07:19

                  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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                    boofredlay
                    last edited by 18 Nov 2007, 07:20

                    That is beautiful Dave!

                    http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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                      mateo soletic
                      last edited by 18 Nov 2007, 07:21

                      Thank a lot Boo, great stuff.

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

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                        Dave R
                        last edited by 18 Nov 2007, 07:21

                        @unknownuser said:

                        That is beautiful Dave!

                        Thank you. 😉

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                          Dave R
                          last edited by 1 Jan 2008, 22:43

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


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                            Jean Lemire
                            last edited by 15 Jan 2008, 16:52

                            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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                              Gaieus
                              last edited by 15 Jan 2008, 17:13

                              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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                                bcoleman001
                                last edited by 15 Jan 2008, 22:51

                                Great Tips! Thanks!

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                                  JClements
                                  last edited by 16 Jan 2008, 02:20

                                  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 29 Apr 2008, 13:42

                                    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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                                      boofredlay
                                      last edited by 29 Apr 2008, 13:50

                                      Fixed.

                                      http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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                                        Julius
                                        last edited by 7 May 2008, 13:09

                                        very useful tip!

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