Blender Tutorial - Boolean operations

[apoc6400]

great now i feel stupid cos im to old and been outta school and dont remember math. dammit i wanna learn this i have 2.49b and 2.61 and i cant cut a dam hole in a circle or even cut the hole. 2.49b keeps giving errors on the boolean tool and i cant even locate it in 2.61...damn 5hrs down the drain

[thedeadbaby]

"blender has stopped working"

[99chuckyboy]

I cannot get it I have 2.5 version.  Will it work???

[agent47crows]

@99chuckyboy

Yeah, in 2.5 it's a bit trickier. Instead of selecting the objects and pressing W, you have to select one object, go to the Modifiers tab, add modifier -> Boolean, then choose the object with which the modifier works.

A pretty dumb and useless change on their behalf, if you ask me.

[bnewton81]

how do you avoid artifacts in the rendering. I've tried this modifier with text and I always get ugly tares when rendered. Is there a way to keep it from using triangles?

[agent47crows]

@bnewton81

Unfortunately, no, I just get lucky from time to time. But inserting a cube through a sphere and trying to smooth it down won't work.

There are some situations in which the operator runs perfectly, but most of the times, it just screws up.

[bnewton81]

@agent47crows So how do you deal with this? Is there any way to fix it? Can you correct the edge flow or something.

[agent47crows]

@bnewton81

Not really. I try to use booleans as less as possible.

A way to get a clean(er) mesh is by subdividing a lot around the area you plan to screw up, so that the rest of the mesh is not going to get screwed up as well. Edge loops are great for that.

[TheMetalVagabond]

dude you just saved my life, give yourself a pat on the back, was going crazy trying to figure this out, thanks

[agent47crows]

@TheMetalVagabond

Ha! Glad you liked it :D

[dvnobles]

Very nice...thanks. Didn't get the Darth Vader ref though :)

[agent47crows]

@dvnobles

Glad you liked it!

That's ok, I wouldn't get the ref either after all these years. I can't even remember what I said.

And I'm not gonna watch it.

[TheMetalVagabond]

@agent47crows I'll be a geek an answer that, I believe in star wars return of the jedi, darth is having maintenance done in a chamber and admiral walks up to him, all you could see is his bald head and then a machine brings down his helmet on top of his head

[agent47crows]

@TheMetalVagabond

Thanks for refreshing my mind! Age, eh?

[zonaCircuito]

Thanks thanks!

[agent47crows]

@zonaCircuito

Any any time!

[dogichow1]

love ya :)

[RaverGames]

yay thanks

[agent47crows]

@RaverGames

No problem!

[winternight119]

Awesome vid. Your accent is so cool, it made the video much more enjoyable. XPP

[agent47crows]

@winternight119

Aw, thanks!

[vennikene]

"if you want to subsurf, you wont get a sphere and a cube, you get a freak of nature" XD

[parnjaca]

Your English is very understandable to me. Thank you for that and the very useful tutorials. Greetings from Croatia.

[agent47crows]

Greetings, glad you appreciated it and thank you for subscribing!

[NNB30]

Many thanks, very useful.

[agent47crows]

Glad I could help.

[Elpedros95]

Thanks!!!!! :D!!!!! pliz keep making tuts! :P!

[djd259th]

That's the 1st Blender tutorial I've seen that wasn't painstaking. Thanks!

[agent47crows]

No problem!

[S1337ghost]

thanks, very usefull

[toms900]

isnt blender free

[AlcoholicMage]

yup!

[snipperbes]

Just a non-relevant question: is there a way to make particles change material over time, and to make the particles fade out? I've searched everywhere on the net for the answer, as i really need it for a long space battle i'm making.

[ottovonstein]

Brilliant i enjoy this tutorial!

[funrizwan]

i agree the voice is loud and clear and the steps are concise. this guy should make more.

[XxVerciaKxX]

you use blender 2.6 ?

[Kingpayne007]

ya :D rock on man

[Kingpayne007]

All i have to say is, awesome. This guy does a great tutorial with some thing to make me laugh. Keep it up man!

[agent47crows]

Great to know that, dude!

[oneuse0]

When i take the icosphere out the difference goes away how do i make it stay?

[RadditzZ]

oh man thx

nice to find new ways to edit the stuff

if i remember how i always tried something withougt boolean...

[lauratheninja]

Thank you so much i cant wait to use this technque

[iguy72]

Sweet tutorial - thanks for taking the time. The accent is a winner too! Cheers.

[agent47crows]

Glad it's being appreciated!

Cheers!

[mindrakk]

One of the best explayned tutorials in blender I´ve ever seen. Many newbies will learn much from this.

5 stars :)

[agent47crows]

Thanks!

[DrHavanger]

very nice.

[agent47crows]

Thank you!

[razvanab29]

Hi

It's possible to make this with 3 objects ?

i try to make 2 rooms "cubes" link by a hallway

Thank You !

[agent47crows]

Yo!

I think I've tried it once, but with complex objects - not too good, but for 3 cubes, I guess you can try it. Although, I'd suggest doing 2 by 2.

If you want to make them all together, I suggest that the JOINT is the LAST SELECTED object.

[ShadowGrrl2007]

I love your tutorials and your accent. :D

Thanks :)!

[agent47crows]

It's good to know.

Thanks.

[FosterChild]

thank you for the tutorial

[agent47crows]

You're welcome!

[migium]

"Like Darth Vader -kheeeeerh-. It's there." I laughed hard. Thanks for the tutorial.

[KoosianKing]

A very helpful video! Thanks a lot!

[agent47crows]

No problem. Just don't go bonkers when it will not work (rarely). Just ensure you have the normals outside for the boolean meshes. (go into Edit Mode for each one of the meshes and press CTRL+N)

[MDAaron1971]

I found a tutorial on doing this with text, but now it's nice to know how to use objects. Thanx! :o)