Blender Secrets - Making Holes in Cylinders with decent Quad Topology

Making holes in cylinders can be tough. How do you avoid weird lumps, bumps and other shading artifacts on a curved surface? This video shows 4 methods that will result in decent topology and a nice smooth surface.

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[stovepipe]

At 0:38, in Blender 4.1 it's no longer a checkbox but a different setting underneath the "Snap to" setting; Check the "Snap individual elements to: face project" instead of only "face" to get the same result.

[mares]

I just spent my whole morning doing just that, this video would have been so useful 6 hours ago

[Scarlov]

In the "alt+J" function you can also increase the angle in both shape and face options to get rid of those triangles, that way you don't have to selectem manually

[macnavi]

I need to watch this every day to remember it when I need it. Brilliant!

[ruthVVizard]

Best vid on youtube for making holes in curved surfaces, also really like the topology collection idea, that's OP

[yass_queeen_engery]

You can also get a circle using a single vertex.
1. on edit mode go to vertex selection
2.Control+ shift + B to bevel vertices
3. Add as many segments as you need segments to have a circle
(Don't forget to apply scale before doing all of the above)

[SewerTapes]

For the longest time, I've been trying to make a concrete pipe interior. Specifically, a vertical cylinder shaft with a smaller perpendicular cylinder tunnel intersection. It always looked janky until today, with the help of method 2. Now I just need to learn how to properly unwrap it for texturing. Thank you for getting me closer to my goal.

[darrennew]

I must admit, every one of these is easier than what I struggle with. :-)

[RetArm]

I'm getting that e-Book as soon as I can afford it. If it's even close to all the tutorials you post on YouTube. I know I'll love it.

[ped-away-g]

the last one is very interesting. could be useful for a lot of things.

[gangger]

thx - as always really valuable content

[jamalnazeer]

Thank you so much sir it's really helpful tips please keep it up.

[boriskourt]

This is perfect. Thanks for another good explanation!

[kirayoshikage]

thank you man, I was trying to make holes in the supressor of my gun but was haaving a hard time doing, really helped me out man thx

[bitlong]

I bought the book… it’s, like blender modelling bible. Thank you for making it.