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I'm going to try to explain as good as I can. I'm trying to create a radial array of a rectangular cube. It needs to be cut out like a cube, but all of the rectangular cubes' height needs to be at the same level. The rectangular cubes need to be rotated upwards to the middle.

I succeeded into creating the radial array using an array modifier with an object offset using an empty. I then rotated the rectangular cube so it points upwards. I have then added a boolean modifier set to difference and used a cube which has a cube within it to get the rectangular cut out I need.

The problem I have is that the height of the rectangular cubes aren't at the same level. In the screenshot you can see they are following the blue line, I want them to be cut at the red line. Any idea how I can achieve this? enter image description here

From the top view it's correct:

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If it's still not clear to you what I want, maybe I can show you this reference image. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a2/47/d9/a247d9deab4a7bb9f8d0612109d10695.jpg

In the reference image you can see right under the roof rectangular cubes, I'm trying to create that.

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  • $\begingroup$ Hello and welcome. Instead of having users go through links and external sites please use the builtin tools to embed images in your post. See How to upload an image to a post? or GIF $\endgroup$
    – Duarte Farrajota Ramos ♦
    Jul 19 at 14:25
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    $\begingroup$ Try Cast modifier (cuboid, factor 1), but if you want the geometry on ends to stay squares, I think the technique needs to be more complicated. i.imgur.com/9kQqugU.png $\endgroup$
    – Markus von Broady
    Jul 19 at 14:36
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    $\begingroup$ @MarkusvonBroady That works, never used that modifier before. Thank you!!! $\endgroup$
    – Kenji Bailly
    Jul 19 at 14:38

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It seems like Cast modifier in Cuboid mode will work for you. In the below example I moved the default cube in Edit mode so one of the sides ends on the world origin, then I moved the opposite side away, and scaled it all down (S,⬆ ShiftX to not scale on $x$ axis which in my case is the axis the cuboid was aligned with), then added an array modifier, an empty with a driver rotating it by ${360°\over \text{count}}$, and then moved the face touching world origin up for a conical shape:

More or less what you have so far, now all I needed to do is to add a Cast modifier, non-default settings highlighted:

You may want to assign outer face to a vertex group and set it in the modifier as well. Otherwise the inner face might become horizontal like you can see below:

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  • $\begingroup$ Thank you! This works, exactly what I was looking for! $\endgroup$
    – Kenji Bailly
    Jul 19 at 14:53
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    $\begingroup$ Aside from this great answer, you may be interested in the differences of parallel and fan rafters. Japanese buildings often feature parallel rafters (for example in the image you provided, better seen here: img.freepik.com/free-photo/sensoji-temple_74190-5009.jpg?w=360). Fan rafters are (but of course not exclusively) more seen in chinese architecture. But whether parallel or fan-shaped, the roof center is rectangular and not round. $\endgroup$
    – taiyo
    Jul 19 at 15:01
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    $\begingroup$ Your turn for the neat trick :) $\endgroup$
    – Robin Betts ♦
    Jul 19 at 16:57

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