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May 25, 2023 6:09 PM UTC
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adobe dimensions ; Cutting a hole through solid

Adobe Dimensions - I'm suddenly forgetting how to "cut hole" in a 3d object.  for example:  cutting a hole that passes through a sphere (or a cube, etc).   I recall that the steps included

- grouping the objects (for example, a sphere, with a cylinder that passes through the sphere)

- then applying a mask, or some other effect, to "hide" the cylinder.

 

the effect I'm going for is to subtract the cylinder shape from the sphere, so that a "hole" is cut through the sphere.

 

frustrating... I recall beiing able to do this before.  but can't remember and can't find previous tutorials

 

thank you!

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    Ares Hovhannesyan
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    Community Expert
    May 28, 2023 7:22 PM UTC

    Some time I use Torus

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    Ares Hovhannesyan
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    May 28, 2023 7:22 PM UTC

    Some time I use Torus

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    Ussnorway7605025
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    May 27, 2023 7:21 AM UTC
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    Adobe Dimensions - I'm suddenly forgetting how to "cut hole" in a 3d object.


    By @Greg30065402nztt

    its called a Boolean

    read https://community.adobe.com/t5/dimension-discussions/how-to-place-a-hole-in-a-solid-shape/m-p/12636584#M6660

     

    basically its an old school way of making a hole which you can still do in Blender or old copies of Photoshop before Adobe dropped everything 3D... to be clear if you just do a Boolean then Dimension will not rrendor it correct because it doesn't know what it is and you have to then re-mesh the model in what ever software you like to model with and that link has examples i've already posted

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    Ussnorway7605025
    Legend
    May 27, 2023 7:24 AM UTC

    p.s, thats starting to look like a dasy chain of links

    jump right to this one

    https://community.adobe.com/t5/dimension-discussions/problems-with-boolean-edited-objects/m-p/11288937

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    Nancy OShea
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    May 25, 2023 6:35 PM UTC

    [Moderator moved from Using the Community forums to Dimension.]

    Below is a link the Dimension User Guide.  Hope that helps.

    https://helpx.adobe.com/dimension/user-guide.html

     

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    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert