Questions tagged [boolean-modifier]
The Boolean modifier performs operations on meshes that are otherwise too complex to achieve with as few steps by editing meshes manually. It uses one of the three available Boolean operations to create a single mesh out of two mesh objects: Union, Intersection and Difference. Use this tag for questions relating to the use of the Boolean modifier.
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Intersecting Boolean Not Working
I used to use C4D, but have moved to blender since it is free. I am trying to recreate a 3D printing project I had done in C4D but am struggling. (I am using Mac btw. Idk if that’s important)
I am ...
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Strange issues when using boolean to create indentation of pattern
I've been trying to create a pattern indentation into a mesh surface using Boolean, and been facing some strange issues which I'd greatly appreciate any help on.
To start off, this is the pattern ...
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Object disappearing after removing Union Boolean
Firstly, sorry for using non-professional terms, I'm a beginner.
I tried using the union boolean on two mesh objects, and it worked properly. Then, I had to remove the boolean, but even though I haven'...
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Bool tool - apply change only when certain operation is finished
Whenever I use bool tool operations and want to move/scale the cutting object or change it in edit mode the boolean is calculated at every mouse move, at every action. Is it possible to calculate the ...
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How can I generate occlusion effects in meshes
I have meshes representing complicated fields of views of observers (positioned at local origin of the mesh). I would like to calculate new meshes that take into account occlusions inside the fields ...
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Intersection between rotated plane and volume sometimes fails
I want to use geometry nodes to cut out the part of a 2D plane that lies inside a cube.
As a minimal setup, I just added a plane to the exisiting default cube and scaled it up by 3:
When applying the ...
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boolean cleanup
I'm trying to clean up and standardize the Boolean topology for this shape in Blender.
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How to emboss sharp shapes into a sphere?
I'm using blender v3.1. I want to embed/emboss emoticon faces onto spheres to look like this. So far I have been able to boolean the face into the sphere but have not been able to achieve the soft/...
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Boolean Modifier Being Ignored
I've been trying to create a cartoon-like mouth however when I go to render (and even sometimes in the viewport) the boolean modifier that is making the mouth visible is ignored.
This is what I'm ...
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Sculpting, joining high detail meshes for 3d print
I would be very grateful for help from more experienced (than me) sculptors out there ;)
So, a little bit of a background. I wanted to make a 3d printable sculpt of my friends DnD character for her ...
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Ignoring vertices of a meshgrid outside UV map
What I want to do is to make field of holes in a curved mesh. Using geometry nodes I make a UV map of the mesh that is supposed to have holes in it. Then I make a meshgrid of various size and number ...
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Object is hollow with boolean modifier
I was following this YouTube tutorial @5:27 where we can see that the object is full inside. But when I try to reproduce, it's hollow (1st and 2nd are mine, 3rd is tutorial screenshot)
Searching on ...
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Difference Boolean 2.8 not working as expected; Weird shading and not removing face
I'm only on my third day of trying out Blender after hearing about 2.8 changing the workflow. I followed the classic donut tutorial and now I wanted to try a simple project of my own.
I'm trying to ...
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How To Fix Boolean Modifier with Python Script
I have this object with holes in the scene, that i want to cut with the bumpy surface, but when i apply boolean modifier with 'Difference', the result is not what i want. As my object is not solid, ...
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Divide any high poly object into cubes
I’m trying to figure out how to divide any organic high poly object into cube shards. Like an island.
I've tried the solution in this post "Destroying any high poly object into cubes" but I ...
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Boolean Operations with Imported STLs
I'm trying to do a Boolean Difference operation between 2 STL files I am importing. The operation doesn't complete properly, not subtracting all of the area. However, if I were to create an object in ...
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Result of boolean doesn't export as stl in python
I'm trying to do a simple boolean difference and export the result as an stl file. My script is below - it just makes a cube and a sphere and subtracts the cube from the sphere:
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How to solve problem with render with boolean modifier?
I just use modifier boolean and it brake my render, idk why.
Link to file https://mega.nz/file/UiN3mIiI#2amb61yz-1j7d43prSwPikVC_aZ4DHoFfJAlVLNaPrk
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overlaying two models for use in CNC relief carving
Is there a relatively easy way to overlay two models and delete faces/vectors of one model to appear behind the other? Specifically, an object to be behind tree branches.
(Complete and utter newbie)
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Boolean acting funky with ridges
I'm trying to cut some holes in my trailer for the storage and windows. I try to use a boolean modifier and it doesn't really work. When I try to cut holes in the trailer without the ridges it works ...
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Is Extrude or Boolean the better method?
When trying to create a game-ready-asset with a handle like an axe or a hammer, is it better to extrude the handle from the object so that it remains as a whole, or is it better to create the handle ...
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Intersect boolean option in face
I am trying to use the Intersect Boolean option in Face menu after using a Boolean modifier then joining the object and i cleared the Boolean modifier but when i go to the edit mode as u can see in ...
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Boolean difference makes messy mesh
I want to make a hole in my piece for a pear shaped diamond. I used the pear shaped diamond for the boolean but it messes up the mesh a little bit. What am i doing wrong?
Is there maybe another way to ...
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How to make the boolean effect and animation when I render it out, but keep the boolean hidden
I try many things but somehow it still doesn't work, everything is okay in the camera view, but when I try to render it out the effect of the boolean dissaper
When I try to render it out the boolean ...
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Boolean NOT updating when in sculpt mode
I have an active difference boolean modifier on an object.
When I go into the sculpt mode and sculpt on the cutter object, it doesn't update the boolean unless I switch back to object mode and then ...
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Fixing overlapping vertexs caused by doing boolean
I used Shrinkwrap to paste a part of top of head on a part of down of another head.
And after that, I used boolean to merge with these parts into one object. But weird texture came up.It seem there ...
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Different lighting when performing bool
I have a GTX 1660 Ti, and a RTX 3060 laptop gpu.
I have a scene with a bool, render with cycles.
Removing the bool, seems to result in same renders, however with the beautiful bool active, I get ...
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Boolean intersect not working properly
I'm following along in a BlenderGuru tutorial and have come across the part where you enlarge the base mesh of the house to chop off the excess clapboard sidings in nonessential areas. Though, when I ...
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How to perform a Boolean operation on a Grese pencil object?
Need to quickly and procedurally hide all Grease pencil lines except the selected area. One of the options is Boolean operation. But it is not clear how to perform such an operation on Grease pencil (...
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Merging multiple meshes with one mesh without them merging with each other
I'm trying to model a hand and I have put together this one, which is comprised of one palm and five fingers, each as their own mesh/object. I need to merge each finger to the palm so that I can ...
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Hide hairs below a hat
how can I hide the hairs of a character wearing a hat?
I tried to convert them to mesh and then applying a boolean, but the boolean modifier often returns weird results, and this is one of them.
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Boolean Difference doesn't create inset faces
I have problem with Boolean difference modifier in blender 3.6.
I am trying to make inset shapes in my model.
However after applying applying modifier with these settings
Boolean doesn't create ...
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Why do all the cutters appear when I add a boolean modifier?
As the images below showed, every time I add a boolean, the cutters that I hid before appeared again while the blogger did this without the other cutters appeared.
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Boolean not working and I've tried every fix I could find online
so I've been using Blender recently, but every single model I try to work on, I get this weird issue where the bool tools and the modifier just doesn't do what it's supposed to, sometimes it just ...
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Why is my whole "cube" mesh being cut rather than just the shape of the mesh I selected when using the Boolean modifier?
Here is a link to a video of what I'm doing and what's happening when using the Boolean modifier. It should just cut out the shape of the round mesh I'm using rather than delete the entire "cube&...
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Solid representing the swept volume of another animated solid
This is to create a twist lock mechanism when 3D printed.
I have a cuboid rotating around its z-axis. I want to remove part of an existing solid to allow the cuboid to rotate for 60 degrees. To do ...
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Can't Split STL using an N-gon made from Plane (Boolean Intersect/Difference)
So I have this STL I want to split up and since I want to slice it along existing geometry. I added a plane and many loop cuts, then fill the top and bottom to get the image you see.
However, every ...
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Boolean adds the object instead of subtracting it (only in certrain objects which are like the ones that worked)
I extracted a lot of Cylinders with the boolean modifier. It worked really well except for these 5 cylinders (red) that are still there. Instead of subtracting the cylinder it adds it (picture 3). It ...
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Merging overlaid meshes
I am a novice to Blender and 3D-Printing. My Kids love Paw-Patrol and I found a bunch of pretty detailed models that I could print for my them. The issue is that the designer overlaid a bunch of ...
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Boolean tool trouble with diffence
ive been trying to make a airsoft mask for a few months now but im having trouble finishing the model to export in stl for printing.
i finished sculpting, but now i have to make holes for the horns ...
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Having trouble with engraving cursive text, where only a couple letters are being removed. How do you think I can fix this?
Let me preface this by saying that I'm still very new to Blender, so I don't know all the tricks and terms.
So I am following along with this YouTube tutorial to engrave text in a mesh in my model. I ...
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Add the same multiplier to one object
I'm sort new to blender, just discovering and set off to modelling something of my own, best way to learn a software for me rather than just following tutorials. While working on this part I was ...
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While working on making holes with "Boolean" two recesses were just cut out (seethrough)instead of keeping the form... How can I fix it?
While working on making holes with "Boolean" two recesses were just cut out (seethrough) instead of keeping the form of the cylinder in the hole.
As you can see in the pictures all the other ...
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Why does using a Boolean cause distortions in glass?
The glass material I'm using is just a Principled BSDF with transmission set to 1 (Cycles, Blender 3.6.0). When I add a Boolean to the glass you can see it introduces distortions. Even if I apply the ...
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Boolean difference is not working
I am facing difficulties while attempting to use the boolean difference operation in Blender. I have attached a test_boolean.blend file that contains a bathymetry model and a cube. My goal is to use ...
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Bisecting a mesh along a curved path defined within another mesh
I am trying to make a device mount that will clamp around the rails of a bike seat. I have the shape of the rails (blue) from an imported STL file and have Boolean differenced them to create the ...
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Fill mesh gaps with almost like a clay?
I combined 2 seperate meshes, 1 of my teeth and 1 of my skull, however, they came from 2 different sources. Is there a way I can take a cube and boolean it to fill the gaps created by the teeth?? In a ...
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i used boolean tool on one side of the mesh but when i try to mirror the same boolean effect on the other side, mirror modifies did not work
I tried to mirror boolean effect to the other side of the mesh, but it did not work.
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Split model into cube over a perfectly aligned grid
I am interested in taking a model and splitting it into 1x1x1 cubes.
For the sake of a simple example, in my attempt, I have a simple model, the default cube in blender scaled up by 2. I have formed a ...
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Boolean weird lines after applied
I used the boolean modifier to create spaces for wheels on the truck i am working on and after i apply it there are these weird lines that do not show in edit mode. How could i fix this?
