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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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                  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
                    last edited by

                    @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

                      Etaoin Shrdlu

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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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