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    • boofredlayB Offline
      boofredlay
      last edited by

      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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      • KrisidiousK Offline
        Krisidious
        last edited by

        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 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 β€’ 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. πŸ˜‰

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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.


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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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                                          Julius
                                          last edited by

                                          very useful tip!

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