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I am new to Blender. Created some thing earlier in Fusion360. enter image description here enter image description here

Now I need to create it in Blender. What is a right way to make it? (Not import to Blender but create it from scratch).

PS. Its not need to be 100% the same, some differences are allowed

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  • $\begingroup$ show what did u try? $\endgroup$
    – Harry McKenzie ♦
    Commented Nov 19, 2022 at 15:13
  • $\begingroup$ I'm in searching about cutting :) i.imgur.com/8OnUcZ3.png $\endgroup$
    – dad
    Commented Nov 19, 2022 at 17:14

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You could give 2 Array modifiers to an hexagon, duplicate this hexagon with its modifiers and shift the duplication to have the hive:

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Apply the modifiers, join the 2 objects, merge by distance to merge the adjacent vertices:

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Create a circle, use it to cut the hive with the Knife Project tool:

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Invert the selection and delete the edges:

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Join the circle to the hive, in Edit mode extrude the circle, activate the Auto Merge and Split Edges & Faces option, then select all, press G and Enter, it will merge the 2 meshes:

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Clean the topology (dissolve the useless vertices with some CtrlX, I haven't done it here), enable the Proportional Editing option, select the center and move up (to round you could also use the Warp modifier, or the Surface Deform modifier, or a Shrinkwrap, etc):

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Extrude down to give it thickness, flatten on Z:

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  • $\begingroup$ Thank you very much, instruction is clear, will try now. If I want to make bottom side like 'dome', can I extrude first, then use step with Proportional Editing? i.imgur.com/qKOvu33.png $\endgroup$
    – dad
    Commented Nov 19, 2022 at 17:19
  • $\begingroup$ oh ok in that case just extrude and you're good, don't flatten the extrusion $\endgroup$
    – moonboots
    Commented Nov 19, 2022 at 17:38
  • $\begingroup$ thanks! btw, what do you think about making 'dome' first (by revolving?) and then cutting out holes with a hexagonal cylinders array? $\endgroup$
    – dad
    Commented Nov 19, 2022 at 18:07
  • $\begingroup$ it would work as well but there's still the problem of how to cut the hive to make it circular $\endgroup$
    – moonboots
    Commented Nov 19, 2022 at 18:14

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