topic A hole in fill in Modeling

A hole in fill

Tom Krowka — Tue, 23 May 2023 13:38:13 GMT

Is there a way I can put a hole in fill, the same way I would make a hole in a slab or a roof?

I have a rectangle within a rectangle, and only want to fill the area between the rectangles.

The typical fill does the whole rectangle without eliminating the center portion. I tried with magic wand, selecting either edge, but no luck there.

Re: A hole in fill

Stress Co_ — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 00:26:16 GMT

Select the edge of the fill to bring up the pet pallett and select the "subtract" tool.

Re: A hole in fill

Tom Krowka — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 01:07:14 GMT

Thanks.

I guess I did not look far enough.

Re: A hole in fill

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 11:21:09 GMT

You don't even need the pallette. If you highlight the fill just draw another one inside it. Same as a slab or a roof. I have a feeling magic wand doen't work when doing this but don't quote me on that.

Julia

Re: A hole in fill

Link — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 14:57:34 GMT

You don't even need the pallette. If you highlight the fill just draw another one inside it. Same as a slab or a roof. I have a feeling magic wand doen't work when doing this but don't quote me on that.

It should work to subtract, but unfortunately it won't work in one single step.

Cheers,
Link.

Re: A hole in fill

Tom Krowka — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 15:41:15 GMT

I tried the fill, then highlight and draw another on top......did not work. Maybe I did miss a step as Link implied.

What is the missing step?

Re: A hole in fill

Ben Odonnell — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 16:08:01 GMT

Tom,
It is important that you have your fill tool selected in the tool box. If you don't, the selected fill will simply be de-selected.

HTH.
Cheers.
Ben

Re: A hole in fill

Link — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 17:01:48 GMT

Tom, please take a look at the attached animation to see how it's done.

Cheers,
Link.

Re: A hole in fill

Djordje — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 17:27:16 GMT

Tom wrote:
I tried the fill, then highlight and draw another on top......did not work. Maybe I did miss a step as Link implied.

What is the missing step?

The fill tool has to be active.

This works on any polygon (fill, roof, slab) - and for the reason above I made it a habit to select the objects by right clicking, and choosing Select and activate tool. Then you draw the hole.

So: in order to make a hole in a polygon, the polygon tool has to be selected and the tool has to be active.

Re: A hole in fill

Tom Krowka — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 18:08:24 GMT

Thanks all. Guess I got that one down.

Re: A hole in fill

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 18:56:26 GMT

Djordje wrote:
This works on any polygon (fill, roof, slab) - and for the reason above I made it a habit to select the objects by right clicking, and choosing Select and activate tool.

Option/alt clicking works too, and it's a bit faster when the element is already selected.