Blythe Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Hi All! Building a lighthouse model from a cylinder primitive. I wish to "punch windows" into the cylinder wall. What's best method? Tried inserting a block object into the cylinder wall and treating that block object with a transparent material. That result is poor. Thanks All! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mar Mohan Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Use another transparent cylinder then add the block to make the frame for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blythe Posted July 3, 2018 Author Share Posted July 3, 2018 Ah! Thanks so much, Mar Mohan! Mar Mohan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiceKati Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Try this method:Make the lighthouse from a stack of slices.begin with the bottom part, and make the slice from 4 quarter disks.dublicate the disk, so it stays fit with the bottom slice.make the heigth of this slice the heigth of the planned windows.duplicate this slice again, so that the 3rd Slice sits fit above the 2nd.now rotate one of the quarters of the 2nd slice around the center of the lighthouse: a window appeares at the edge to the next quarter.if you like, do the same with the opposite quarter, so you get two opposite windows.repeat the steps till you reach the desired height of the lighthouse and the desired number of windowsFor glasing the windows align a cylinder from glass material into the lighthouse with a diameter a little smaller than the outer diameter of the lighthouse. jynara 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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