Need some help with blender: arches, hollow wheels, etc.

[Ichi]

I'm working on a coal mine for the graphics replacement in blender and I wonder how you make arches and hollow wheels in blender.

I've seen some in the new graphics allready, but I myself haven't found out yet how to make them, and I can't find any tutorials about it.

Help is highly appreciated!

[Ben_Robbins_]

Dunno how you do hollow wheels 'in blender' but extruding the center threw, and then target welding it, and removing the un-needed bits would seem the easiest way to make something hollow.

Applieing a 360 bend to something, or lofting might work as well.

Hope thats of some help...3d modeeling programs must have there similarities...

[Ichi]

Hope thats of some help

It is, I'll try it out tomorrow!

3d modeeling programs must have there similarities...

I'm used to working with Valve Hammer editor for Half-Life, but that program has an arch tool and a way to make your entities hollow. So if you have a cylinder, you make it hollow with a thickness of X. It will then become a wheel with a thickness of X. That's very powerfull, but has some bugs.

[KING]

I'm used to working with Valve Hammer editor for Half-Life, but that program has an arch tool and a way to make your entities hollow. So if you have a cylinder, you make it hollow with a thickness of X. It will then become a wheel with a thickness of X. That's very powerfull, but has some bugs.

I hope you don`t carve with cylinders to.

[Lamoot]

to make wheels: make a circle, select all the vertices, press E for extrude, then Esc. press S to resize the new circle. Now select all of the vertices (press A two times) and extrude the whole thing.

[Ichi]

I'm used to working with Valve Hammer editor for Half-Life, but that program has an arch tool and a way to make your entities hollow. So if you have a cylinder, you make it hollow with a thickness of X. It will then become a wheel with a thickness of X. That's very powerfull, but has some bugs.

I hope you don`t carve with cylinders to.

lol no!

[Ichi]

to make wheels: make a circle, select all the vertices, press E for extrude, then Esc. press S to resize the new circle. Now select all of the vertices (press A two times) and extrude the whole thing.

that worked perfectly! thanks a lot!