Blender Secrets - Modeling Circular Hard Surface Details (Updated)

Updated for the new Knife Project workflow. In this video we look at making circular hard surface details, using the Curve modifier as well as Knife Project to slice / dice the object so it can bend nicely.

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[comet]

I rlly like those tiny cuts in the walls, helps add a lot more depth to the product

[Kleingedrucktes]

I mean, it's a 1 min video and I learned about 3 new things. This is awesome. Thank you!

[Renkkin]

As always, awesome tuto :) Where do you get all those ideas ?

[philcoast]

While I prefer using Warp over the Curve modifier, I didn't know about the Knife Project, that's going to help a lot in the future.
Great video as usual. Learned something new, even if it wasn't the focus of the video!

[rareredcobra]

My god your channel is just FULL of phenomenal tips. Good stuff.

[avarionuk]

You make things look so easy. Now I want to give this a try, Never seen knife project before, that's going to help a bunch

[Fafmagic]

For certain situations, this is such a great way to do this! Thanks for sharing.

[RenderEngine]

Dude! You continue to level up my knowledge!

[jeffg]

What would be cool is a "Boolean Shapes add-on" - You draw the shape with annotate, the add-on makes the cutter and applies it (default difference) - and maybe leaves the cutter so you can adjust the cut depth.

[RetArm]

Witchcraft!!
I'm curious if I'm the only one that will spend an hour or so after watching your videos trying to replicate what you have shown.
I feel like I learn more from your 1min videos then I do watching those other guys hour long videos.

[thedgilsc]

Hello, I follow your tuto, very cool, I learned annotation and how to access boleen. I succeed in using knif, but it does not cut the whole object only the front face. with result, I'm unable to make it in circle. The only way is to apply cut on 3 other faces. If you have a solution I take it.

[Fix]

Where do you learn this stuff? It's obviously passed down from a source but keeping it hidden makes it seem like nobody would ever figure this out without these videos

[girugaymesh]

Do you have a video on the first part, with the Annotate and boolean shapes? I never used those features, so that part went a bit over my head.
Thank you anyways, as always absolutely insane high level of quality content!

[wobfijz]

0:43 wouldn’t that knife project mess up the topology badly? how are you still getting clean results without any artifacts?

[pile]

Nice. Is it an improvement of a previous video of yours?

[annasmuslimin]

i think with many boolean and cut, it will get many n-gone there. is that ok ?

[BookooZenny]

seeking some clarification, you still have to actually model the boolean shapes, merely following the annotations as a guide? i'm assuming there isn't some magical conversion happening here lol

[febby_febrian]

are all objects "joined" (ctrl + J)?

[grib]

I wish I could found your channel earlier

[justinvillagracia]

How about we boolean some sphere? It doesn't always ends up well to me.