I’ll repost this question here due to very little (although welcome) response in the WIP thread. So. I need to cut actual windows in this train, but I have no idea how to do that. I would like to achieve something like this, but booleans are just not up to it and I couldn’t find a script to suit my needs. Help?
could you post us a wire frame, and an idea of what sort of windows you have in mind? those are really the key factors needed…
ok, sorry, just looked at the second pic. By the looks of the train, its not too complicated a mesh right? just subsurfed a few times.
what I’d do
id put your mesh onto say subsurf level one, and convert to mesh (alt - c)
then, in side view, i would arrange the verts right, then go into front view and make them flush with the train.
having said that, your mesh also looks simple enough to completely start over from scratch, which might be easiest, especially if youre wanting to add bevels and things.
alternativley, (again) i think its S68 who has a knife cutting script, which i think would do what you have in mind.
oh and for booleans to work, you need to have two SOLID objects, IE not just a plane, but a cube.
hope i helped
GFX