IWhen I cut (boolean - subtract) in Gmax, the end result is not what it is supposed to be. Any idea why?

Before:



After

Frankly, I would have left the object planar, and then used ShapeMerge to cut the hole...

...then Extruded the result after cleaning up any extraneous vertices.

Shouldn't be a problem really.

All I did here was create a rectangle, change the corner radius, extrude it, cap it, SHIFT+drag to copy it, scale it and then Boolean it. The result is the picture below...



The only thing I can think of, is did you create the shapes with two different Rectangles? If so, the number of vertices on each shape might have been different depending on the corner radius. Other than that, I cannot think of what the problem could be.

The suggestion by Fr.Bill is probably the best solution if you are working with "shapes" from the off.

Brett_Henderson wrote on Feb 27^th, 2010 at 7:54am:

Because of GMax (and 3D Studio/Max) and the strange way they handle Booleans, the more complex the situation, the better the results can sometimes be.

Some shapes cause problems, others just take a little pre-planning before you use them.

Brett_Henderson wrote on Feb 27^th, 2010 at 9:06am:

That's why I mentioned the pre-planning. 

Take the image I posted, by isolating the complex corners into a single poly, you can pretty much guarantee that the boolean output is about as clean as you are going to get it. You might have a little bit of edge turning to do, but nothing major.



The turned edge version unwraps uniformed, so you won't get any texture stretching, should be fine.

Hello.
It`s very interesting here.
So I want to know why do you cut with bool the
fuselagewindows and get more vertex ?
I made the windows with alpha textures as glas.
For doors it`s ok, but for closen windows??

Regard

nandi

Brett_Henderson wrote on Feb 27^th, 2010 at 10:05am:

Forgive me if you are already aware of this technique, I don't mean to patronise.

Did you know that after you Boolean the shape out, you can select the inner ring of edges around the hole (left by the boolean) and then SHIFT + Move the edges inward, to create the inner_window faces?

If you want a lip on the outside, you can apply a small chamfer before SHIFT + Dragging the edges and then extrude the chamfered faces. For some reason, it appears to only allow you to chamfer a small amount, the corners seem to restrict the chamfer range.

Hello Fr.Bill.
To see the interior through the window.
Is this the only point you want ?

You can make it with different grey color in the alphatexture on the fuselage.

From glas absolutly clear to see full the interior.
or semi to see the interior and glas
or full glas without seeing the interior.

Often you don`t need the interior.
Make only one paperwall inside in the middle of the fuselage and a textur
with passengers on it .
Mostly you see only the head from outdoor.

If opening passengerdoor you can set a person as paperwall in it
and not a full 3D person with a lot of  poly.
If you set the person on the correct place you see from outdor only the front
of the passenger or steward.

Try it, you will be surprised.

Next picture is not the freeware you can get.

I made some blimps myself as static with FSDS
for a blimp meeting.
There is no one bool.
only textures
The windows are perfect, you see.

If you don`t belive it you can get a hardcopie from my FSDS




How to make the alphatextur  for aircraftwindows.
Therefore at first you need not a bmp but a tga.
I make textures with Paint Shop Pro.
It makes alphas.
Then I must convert the tga  to DXT3 with the DXTBmp-program to FS9.
Unfortunately bmp is not ever bmp as usual.
Between it gives different bmp, but you don`t see it if you have
only the name.
DXTBmp you must have.It`s the easists way to do.

I belive someone goes other ways.

Regard
nandi



Regard
nandi