im doing models of interiors and one of the parts used molding around doors. is there a easy way of doing my corners other than having to get 2 frames and work inwards towards eachother?
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1$\begingroup$ Can you articulate your question a little better please? What do you mean two frames? Also please describe what you mean by working inward toward each other? $\endgroup$– Rick RiggsJul 14, 2016 at 22:00
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$\begingroup$ I know what he means. He's using two objects and trying to join them into a door frame. There are many methods to do this, One way is to use a cube scaled to the outer parameters of your frame, and then to subdivide it or loop-cut it to mark out the inner opening, then just delete the faces and bridge the open faces along the inside. $\endgroup$– Anthony ForwoodJul 14, 2016 at 23:25
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$\begingroup$ @maiira in the future crop your images and plese include in the image only information relevant to the question. To make a screen capture within blender, you can press Crl F3 and then choose to save the whole interface as an image or just the active window. $\endgroup$– user1853Jul 14, 2016 at 23:56
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$\begingroup$ related: blender.stackexchange.com/questions/19709/… $\endgroup$– user1853Jul 14, 2016 at 23:57
1 Answer
Here's a pretty solid workflow if you don't desire to use multiple objects in the creation.
I'm posting the image sequence for now, so I don't mess that part up, then coming back to give the commentary per image.
- Shift+A >> Mesh >> Plane.
- Tab to enter edit mode.
- I to inset the active face the desired amount.
- Delete >> Only Faces.
- Result of Deleting the face (giving you the major frame profile).
- A to select all faces.
- E to extrude the desired overall frame thickness.
- Ctrl+R >> 2 >> LeftMouseButton >> RightMouseButton
- Click on the Face Mode icon/button.
- Z >> Select the inner ring of faces (as shown).
- With your cursor just outside the outer edge of the frame E >> S >> Move your mouse toward the center of the frame the desired amount >> LeftMouseButton
- Click on the Edge Mode icon/button.
- Select the Edge Loops at both the Inner Top & Inner Bottom of the frame.
- Ctrl+B >> Move your mouse outward the desired amount >> Either type the number of segments & hit Enter OR scroll up on the scroll wheel of your mouse the desired amount & LeftMouseButton.
- Hit Tab & you are complete if you desire a 4-Sided frame.
- If your desire is to have a 3-Sided frame >> Tab to enter edit mode. >> C >> Select the bottom most horizontal edges of the frame.
- Delete >> Only Edges & Faces.
- The result is two empty holes that we must repair/fill.
- Loop Select the left most hole. >> F to fill.
- Loop Select the right most hole. >> F to fill.
- Select both Edge Loops again.
- S >> Y >> Numpad 0.
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$\begingroup$ From Steps 18-21 the profile looks wrong because I accidentally did some steps twice on my end trying to put the document together. I fixed this and the steps are good. $\endgroup$ Jul 15, 2016 at 1:26