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I am trying to make sphere shaped designs with moving parts like spaceship doors & windows for 3d printing. However, the doors/windows don't always follow the edges on the UV sphere.

Is there a way to "draw" edges on the surface of the sphere that I can use to cut certain shapes out of it? The best example I can think of are the classic flying saucer spaceships with the lowering door in older movies.

Below are my two objects: the sphere (orange) & the shape I want to trace about the surface of the sphere to eventually cut them into two separate meshes that can fit into each other.

NOTE : I have tried using the knife projection approach and the shape does not follow the curve of the sphere. (2nd image). The third animation is the closest example I can think of for my goal. enter image description here

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I am trying to make sphere shaped designs with moving parts like spaceship doors & windows for 3d printing. However, the doors/windows don't always follow the edges on the UV sphere.

Is there a way to "draw" edges on the surface of the sphere that I can use to cut certain shapes out of it? The best example I can think of are the classic flying saucer spaceships with the lowering door in older movies.

Below are my two objects: the sphere (orange) & the shape I want to trace about the surface of the sphere to eventually cut them into two separate meshes that can fit into each other.

NOTE : I have tried using the knife projection approach and the shape does not follow the curve of the sphere. (2nd image). The third animation is the closest example I can think of for my goal. enter image description here

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I am trying to make sphere shaped designs with moving parts like spaceship doors & windows for 3d printing. However, the doors/windows don't always follow the edges on the UV sphere.

Is there a way to "draw" edges on the surface of the sphere that I can use to cut certain shapes out of it? The best example I can think of are the classic flying saucer spaceships with the lowering door in older movies.

Below are my two objects: the sphere (orange) & the shape I want to trace about the surface of the sphere to eventually cut them into two separate meshes that can fit into each other.

NOTE : I have tried using the knife projection approach and the shape does not follow the curve of the sphere. (2nd image). The third animation is the closest example I can think of for my goal. enter image description here

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I am trying to make sphere shaped designs with moving parts like spaceship doors & windows for 3d printing. However, the doors/windows don't always follow the edges on the UV sphere.

Is there a way to "draw" edges on the surface of the sphere that I can use to cut certain shapes out of it? The best example I can think of are the classic flying saucer spaceships with the lowering door in older movies.

Below are my two objects: the sphere (orange) & the shape I want to trace about the surface of the sphere to eventually cut them into two separate meshes that can fit into each other.

NOTE : I have tried using the knife projection approach and the shape does not follow the curve of the sphere. (2nd image). The third animation is the closest example I can think of for my goal. enter image description here

enter image description here

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I am trying to make sphere shaped designs with moving parts like spaceship doors & windows for 3d printing. However, the doors/windows don't always follow the edges on the UV sphere.

Is there a way to "draw" edges on the surface of the sphere that I can use to cut certain shapes out of it? The best example I can think of are the classic flying saucer spaceships with the lowering door in older movies.

Below are my two objects: the sphere (orange) & the shape I want to trace about the surface of the sphere to eventually cut them into two separate meshes that can fit into each other.

NOTE : I have tried using the knife projection approach and the shape does not follow the curve of the sphere. (2nd image) enter image description here

enter image description here

I am trying to make sphere shaped designs with moving parts like spaceship doors & windows for 3d printing. However, the doors/windows don't always follow the edges on the UV sphere.

Is there a way to "draw" edges on the surface of the sphere that I can use to cut certain shapes out of it? The best example I can think of are the classic flying saucer spaceships with the lowering door in older movies.

Below are my two objects: the sphere (orange) & the shape I want to trace about the surface of the sphere to eventually cut them into two separate meshes that can fit into each other.

NOTE : I have tried using the knife projection approach and the shape does not follow the curve of the sphere. (2nd image). The third animation is the closest example I can think of for my goal. enter image description here

enter image description here

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I am trying to make sphere shaped designs with moving parts like spaceship doors & windows for 3d printing. However, the doors/windows don't always follow the edges on the UV sphere.

Is there a way to "draw" edges on the surface of the sphere that I can use to cut certain shapes out of it? The best example I can think of are the classic flying saucer spaceships with the lowering door in older movies.

Below are my two objects: the sphere (orange) & the shape I want to trace about the surface of the sphere to eventually cut them into two separate meshes that can fit into each other.

NOTE : I have tried using the knife projection approach and the shape does not follow the curve of the sphere. (2nd image) enter image description here

enter image description here

I am trying to make sphere shaped designs with moving parts like spaceship doors & windows for 3d printing. However, the doors/windows don't always follow the edges on the UV sphere.

Is there a way to "draw" edges on the surface of the sphere that I can use to cut certain shapes out of it? The best example I can think of are the classic flying saucer spaceships with the lowering door in older movies.

I am trying to make sphere shaped designs with moving parts like spaceship doors & windows for 3d printing. However, the doors/windows don't always follow the edges on the UV sphere.

Is there a way to "draw" edges on the surface of the sphere that I can use to cut certain shapes out of it? The best example I can think of are the classic flying saucer spaceships with the lowering door in older movies.

Below are my two objects: the sphere (orange) & the shape I want to trace about the surface of the sphere to eventually cut them into two separate meshes that can fit into each other.

NOTE : I have tried using the knife projection approach and the shape does not follow the curve of the sphere. (2nd image) enter image description here

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