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Lo_Ord · Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:24 pm Post subject: Cut Objects

Hi!

I created a tv-sender-tower (hope its the correct word for it Wink

) for my level today. Then I wanted to split it into 3 seperate pieces, as it will be "destroyed" in this level.

To do this, I simply went into vertex-mode, cut off every vertex I didn't need, saved the rest as a prefab, Strg-Z, cut off the other vertices, and so on.

Isn't there a more simple way to cut an object into pieces? I remember from the Unreal Tournament - Editor, that you made a planar and the editor cut the object alongside this planar. Is there something similar in Deled3D?

Here's the tower:

Any tutorials appreciated *g*

Regards & TiA

Lo_Ord

Daaark · Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:27 pm Post subject:

I can see the polygons are already seperate at the places you want to cut anyways. Just select all the polygons with a box/drag selection and use the extract command, you will pull out a copy of those polygons into a new object (without destroying your current model) and then repeat for all the other parts.

Very quick, and very easy.

-edit-

oops, I can see there is no existing polygon split at the bottom, but that part is easy to redo anyways. Embarassed

The top part can still be easily extracted.
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hpesoj · DeleD PRO user Joined: 16 Oct 2004 Posts: 184

With DeleD Pro you can use the Split CSG command to split an object in a similar way to how you described. However, this function is not in Lite. There is no "knife" command where you would draw a line across the screen to split an object.

p.s. Just incase you wanted to know, a 'tv-sender-tower' is usually known as a 'radio mast'.

Jeroen · Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:51 pm Post subject:

What hpesoj said. In addition, I will probably implement a "knife" method anyway, as it has been in my mind for a long time. Actually, a very, _very_ old version of DeleD (<0.4 or something) actually had that function. Too bad my HD crashed back then...

Lo_Ord · Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:03 am Post subject:

hpesoj · DeleD PRO user Joined: 16 Oct 2004 Posts: 184

I made that mistake first of all Lo_Ord, check my tutorial for info on how to use Split.

http://www.delgine.com/tutorials/showTutorial.php?tutorial=CSGTutorial&topic=1324

Guyon · Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 11:20 am Post subject:

A knife would be more useful than you might think for advaned modeling. I am happy to hear that it will be brought back.
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Jeroen · Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 8:01 am Post subject:

We (Delgine) run a server with Subversion on it. Contents of that server (DeleD sources, website + documentation) are backed up once every week + I make irregular backups of my own DeleD directory every once a month (sometimes even less though) to a memorystick too. Save enough for now. Wink

Paul-Jan · Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 6:25 pm Post subject:

Actually, contents are backupzzed every night to a second machine... (and then burned onto CD-ROM about once a week). Heck, imagine losing a week of work! (or even 5 minutes of work, *yikes*).

It would be nice if it wasn't too hot to get any work done in the first place, though Sad

Jeroen · Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 6:42 pm Post subject:

Oh yeah, I totally forgot we're backing up our stuff every night! But then, I'm not the server maintenance guy... Wink

I managed to get some work done today! My room is situated to the north, and it is still doable in here...