Depth in Objects

[Anonymous]

Try making a hole in the 'chimneystack' wall. ie. a Window with 'Empty' checked. If you get this the same size as the fireplace you should achieve your goal.

I would also recommend you pull the fireplace forward a couple of inches.

HTH - Stuart

PS. I've never tried - can an object perform a S/O on a wall?

PPS. Wouldn't it be nice if GS gave us a couple of fireplaces that 'embedded' themselves into the walls rather than just the freestanding type!

[Anonymous]

You should technically be able to use Solid Element Operations to subtract the fireplace from the walls (or slabs), too. I guess the only advantage to it would be that if you move the fireplace the "hole" created by a subtraction would move along with it whereas a hole created by an empty window would have to be moved separately. With the window method there are 2 objects to move.

Cheers,

[Karl Ottenstein]

Eric wrote:
With the window method there are 2 objects to move.

Although, with Stuart's "wishful" window method ... there would be just one object: we save a fireplace as a window. I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work fine ...

Karl

[Djordje]

Karl wrote:
Although, with Stuart's "wishful" window method ... there would be just one object: we save a fireplace as a window. I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work fine ...

Absolutely none. I do that for anything that has to make a hole in a wall - you "just" have to give the infill on the back ...

[Anonymous]

i AM SORRY, BUT WHERE CAN i FIND THE INFILL?