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Slice one object using another object
So basically I would like to be able to “use an object as my knife.” Is that possible?
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I want to “slice” one object using another. I want to cut edges or polygons. And I would like the cuts to occur where the objects intersect.
I would use a boolean, but I’m not trying to subtract or add or intersect, I’m just trying to cut edges or add points.
I found the following topic, I did find the “spline cut script” nice and useful, but now what I am trying to do can’t be done with splines.
https://www.c4dcafe.com/ipb/topic/74084-knife-cut-using-projected-spline/
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Here is what I am working on specifically. I want to remove the protruding part of this cube from this 3d logo.
https://puu.sh/dCWXq/6ee3c9fff0.jpg
—-But in general, it would be nice just to “make cuts (one one object) along the intersection” of another object.
For example turn this https://puu.sh/dCZm0/d959d1426a.png into this https://puu.sh/dCZtV/172538caad.png.
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You can get that effect by using two Booleans of the same objects: one set to A intersect B and the other set to A without B.
Example: 8316_booles2x.c4d.zip
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Thanks Adam. That is not exactly what I was looking for, I was looking to “chop the cube” not the text. But the ideas is correct. And that is a clever way to do it. So thank you much.
Now if I use that method, then I do end up with “inside geometry” correct?
So either I would need to clean the inside of the object up and then optimize, if I wanted to say use a subdivision surface on this geometry later. Or I would be left wit extra geometry on the inside.
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