I am having a tough time building a half cylinder and have not found any tutorial showing me how to do that.
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$\begingroup$ Related: How to create Quarter Cylinder $\endgroup$– DavidCommented Feb 11, 2016 at 23:09
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Go into top view (Numpad 7), enter edit mode, press B, and box select half the vertices. Then press X > Vertices. You may need to rotate so that the edges align to the grid properly. Once youhave done that, select the four inner vertices and press F. Alt right-click on the end edges and press F to make faces for them as well.
answered Mar 1, 2015 at 22:18
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All the steps below are in front view NumPad 1.
- Add a plane
- In edit mode move the plane 1 unit along the x axis, G X
1. - Spin the plane with AltR or from the Tool Shelf > Tool tab Spin.
- Set the Angle to -180°.
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Just to have more options, here's how to do it with curves:
- On top view add a Curve->Circle.
- Enter edit mode.
With all the handles selected press V to set the control handle type to Free
Delete the bottom control point.
Select the lower control points and using V convert the handles to vector You should have a curve with the shape of half circle.
Exit Edit mode.
Add a Bezier Curve
Enter Edit Mode and set the handles to Vector, so you end up with a straight line.
Exit Edit Mode and on the properties window set the Bezeir curve to use the Bezier Circle as Bevel Object.
You can then choose to fill the caps or not.
The main advantage of this workflow is that the curves remain editable and independent so you can keep reshaping/resizing to fit your needs.
