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"Bill Pragnell" <bil### [at] hotmail com> schreef in bericht
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> It is not surprising that you're having trouble; there are too many gaps
> in the
> base object. Look at the cross-section in the image below!
Of course! You warned exactly against this, and I never thought to check the
internal aspect of the object! Thank you, Bill, I totally overlooked this
:-)
A clear case not only of RTFM, but also of : Apply TFM!
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> You need to close these gaps, especially the thin gap across the centre
> and the
> concave underside. Unless the square peg-hole has some special purpose I'd
> plug
> this too. And don't forget to make sure it's a merge, not a union, or the
> internal surfaces get hit first!
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> A default flattened sphere as inner object should work OK once you've
> filled the
> gaps.
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Yes, I am going to do that...
Thomas
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From: Thomas de Groot
Subject: Re: More again from the mesh relief macros
Date: 11 Jun 2008 10:35:49
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"Bill Pragnell" <bil### [at] hotmail com> schreef in bericht
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> It is not surprising that you're having trouble; there are too many gaps
> in the
> base object.
I closed the gaps, and this is the result (with rounded cylinder as inner
shape). The square hole (used for transport of stone blocks and/or anchoring
of column segments) does not really interfere, so I left it in place.
Thomas
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"Thomas de Groot" <t.d### [at] inter nlDOTnet> wrote:
> I closed the gaps, and this is the result (with rounded cylinder as inner
> shape). The square hole (used for transport of stone blocks and/or anchoring
> of column segments) does not really interfere, so I left it in place.
Much better :-)
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"Thomas de Groot" <t.d### [at] inter nlDOTnet> wrote:
> I have also put my teeth into Bill Pragnell's Mesh Approximator macros,
> revisiting the ruined place I had been working on earlier.
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I'm just now becoming aware of Bill's macro(s). (Where have I been??) What an
extremely useful tool. Nice work, Thomas! Can't wait to see more.
Ken W.
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