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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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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Particles emit from origin when boolean intersect or difference results in no faces. Is there a solution for this?
I'm not sure if this is a bug and if there's a work around. Let me know if there is.
To replicate, make two cubes: one smaller, one larger. Add a particle system to the smaller cube. Put a Boolean ...
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Disable Calculation of Modifiers
I created a complex scene. I put a lot of Boolean modifiers (without Apply) on various objects. Now the file won't open and hangs. Is there any Safe Mode in Blender? For example, a ban on the ...
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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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Why is the boolean modifier adding geometry but not removing the parts in my object?
I am trying to use the boolean modifier to 'remove' the highlighted objects as can be seen in the first picture. However, when I apply the modifier it does create the geometry - as you can see in the ...
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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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How to use an svg to cut *many* holes into a flat plane?
I am currently trying to 3D model a trophy for a film festival. Roughly speaking, the trophy will look like two people holding a large strip of film. For this model, i need to extrude the following 2D ...
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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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Blender boolean union breaks watertightness
I am working with python Trimesh and using the Blender engine to perform Boolean union.
I am working with 2 meshes that are winding consistent, have all normal pointing outward, don't have degenerated ...
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How to properly rig character with bones in the Pose mode, while Boolean modifier is on?
For example, I have a mesh of a larger ball and a mesh of a smaller cone, then use a Boolean modifier to find the difference between the ball and the cone. The result is that the ball surface has a ...
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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 Modifier not cutting correctly
I've been having trouble with using the boolean modifier. I am making this model to 3d print so I am designing pieces that will lock into each other to make the gluing and painting process easier.
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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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Intersecting surface area between two three-dimensional meshes
I have two three-dimensional meshes that intersect. I would like to find the surface area of the larger mesh that intersects the smaller one:
I can do this by joining the objects together, selecting ...
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How to get rid of the jagged lines in Cycles rendering after using Boolean modifier
After using the Boolean modifier to cut two eye holes on the head mesh, and then I realize that in Cycles render, the reflection and shadow are all jagged:
By the way, I have tried "Boolean ...
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Problem with radial array trying to be cut out as a cube
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 ...
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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?
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difference Boolean modifier: put new vertices into their own vertex group
I have a rectangular prism that I'm cutting letters into using an extruded text mesh and a difference Boolean modifier. I want to put all of the new "texty" vertices created by the modifier ...
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Linked models showing hidden objects used for modifiers
I've created a few scenes to be used as linked objects in another scene, and a few of them are using boolean modifiers to "cut" out shapes from other objects. I've noticed that when linking ...
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Boolean hole gets artifacts after boolean modifier is applied and I extrude the hole
1. Cut a hole in this part, right here. Thats why I added the highlightet lines.
2. Added a Cylinder, smooth shaded, and auto smooth.
3. First problem arrives. If the cylinder only intersects the ...
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Why is the material used by boolean modifiers randomized?
I'm trying to learn to create models using non-destructive techniques, so I'm using a lot of boolean operations. For this workflow I create some primitives, and they each get the last material added ...
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Geometry Nodes Curve deform array on multiple splines
Since I seem to have made it too complicated. My goal is to line up objects with deform on a curve, but in order not to constantly use a new curve, it should also work with several splines of a curve.
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Boolean modifier leaves a hole in the object
I am working on patterning a wheel with a cylinder shape. See the image below:
I am using a very simple Booleam Modifier:
It worked in like 99% of the cases, but for some reason, at a specific angle ...
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Is it possible to use python to detect when Difference Boolean hides a mesh?
I have an enormous mesh (200mb) and a collection of small meshes that I apply as Boolean difference modifiers to it. Sometimes a modifier causes the original mesh to disappear, and I am trying to ...
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Adding material to inside of cube [duplicate]
I have a plane to which I added a solidify modifier which I have applied. I have then created a boolean shape which again I have now applied. Now when I apply a texture to the model I am seeing the ...
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Inlay planar mesh onto curved mesh
I am unsure if this is something that is possible, but I have 2 meshes, a planar mesh and a curved mesh. I want to project the planar mesh onto the curved mesh, inlaying it so that it is raised or ...
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Product modeling
This is Smit from India. I am stuck somewhere while modeling a product. It is not so complex but I am new in Blender so I am finding difficulties rn. Looking forward to having a solution.
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I cannot paint over a boolean modifier applied part
I created a vehicle and applied a boolean modifier to shape the wheels compartments but I cannot paint over it. It remain white no matter what.
Then I tried on a simple cube following my usual steps : ...
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Can't boolean with geometry node'd object?
It doesn't appear that you can do boolean operations with an object that has been generated from geometry nodes, and I'm trying to understand why - or am I doing something wrong?
As a simple example, ...
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How can I "properly" merge two cylinders so I can bevel the connection between them?
I wanted to connect two different diameter cylinders and then smooth the edge between the two.
But I just couldn't get it to work. There always are two spots where the bevel looks weird (like in the ...
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Filling space inside cookie cutter
I'm trying to 3D print a cookie cutter but it has a space in it, I want to fill it but I don't know how, I'm a beginner, it has so many triangles that I don't know what's the best approach.
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Animating crossover from object to object
I want to have different objects with different geometry nodes, shaders and modifiers to sort of cross over each other like in the example below. Here I have used boolean modifiers and some boxes to ...
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Help with stylized hair
I can't seem to find a way to cut out the spikes of hairs going inside the head. I would like to 3D print the hair separately and glue it to the head.
I tired bool tool slice and some other methods ...
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Model becomes smooth or blurry when I apply a Boolean modifier to it
So I am developing a terrain for a project and the eerrain is a cave system. This so called "terrain" is a mesh. My problem is that when I try to add a boolean modifier, my model becomes ...
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Boolean difference with cylinder causes zero faces - how to resolve?
I have started my first 3d modelling project. After finishing the modelling process, I discovered the 3D Print Toolbox, which helped me to identify potential problems. However, after several hours of ...
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Rendering boolean Object in Cycles (problem!!) blender 3.6
I modeled a building using boolean, but when i render it, it shows many problems.
I tried gpu, cpu, experimental version of cycles, but it seems nothing works.
I uploaded the file, thanks for your ...
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Issue with automated slicing on triangulated mesh
My goal is to obtain the profile of an triangulated mesh through a cutting plane
I have a script that automatically applies a Solidify modifier (without which it won't work) and then a Boolean ...
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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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Unable to dissolve adjacent faces after Boolean modifier on cylinder
After applying a boolean modifier on a cylinder by using another cylinder as the object, I get the desired hole in the middle, but it created a couple of weird diagonal edges on the top and bottom of ...
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Boolean object randomly appearing in render
Very new to Blender. Playing around with booleans. Although an animated boolean is turned off it appears for a single frame in the render. I'm digging around the forums to find the same issue but ...
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