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screamcheesee

Issue with Sweeps and Boole

Hi, I created 3 Splines with the Spline Pen which I then placed in their own individual Sweeps to make some pipes/rails. I then grouped all of the Sweeps inside a Null and put that in a Boole along with a Cube. The goal is to have the 3 Sweeps intersected with the Cube so it looks like there are paths cut into it. Everything falls apart when the Boole comes into play. I attached some screenshots of what's going on + my scene tree. Any help is appreciated, thanks!

https://imgur.com/a/2wZaAGI

Posted Aug 22, 2022, 5:09 PM UTC

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YummyPepperjackLong live "Hypernurbs"•

You'll probably want to 'union' the sweeps using a couple of boole objects first.

Then use the combined shape to 'subtract' from the main rectangle.

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You may also want to add some more subdivisions on the main rectangle so the boole can solve it more cleanly. Boole objects can be a little messy.

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screamcheeseeOP•

ah okay I'll give that a try. Thanks!

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screamcheeseeOP•

following up - this worked very well! almost there just need to tweak a little. thank you so much!

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mb72378•

Show me a quick shaded with lines of your topology. Side note I always stay away from booles

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screamcheeseeOP•

Ok I added more images with quick shaded lines view. Is there another approach you would recommend that doesn't use a Boole? I basically just want multiple paths cutout for some spheres to roll along similar to the reference image.

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