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28 Jul 2024 14:20:00 EDT (-0400)
  Re: RFE: make hollow objects  
From: Stan
Date: 9 Aug 2000 20:13:56
Message: <3991F3B7.98CDC7F1@hotmail.com>
Chuck Roberts wrote:

> Request for Enhancement
>
> I would like to be able to make real hollow objects. I know you
> can specify an object to be "hollow" but you can't put a light
> inside it and have it shine through windows you have cut out of
> the object.
>
> A real hollow object, like a cube, would be differenced with a
> cube slightly smaller than itself (say 1% smaller in each
> direction).

Well, for good cutouts, why not use a CSG with scaling? That way, you
don't really have to create anything new; just scale the object down a
bit and subtract from the original. Seems easy enough.


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