10-15-2015, 03:33 PM
I have a flattened cube, basically a thick rectangular block. I want to chop the top two corners off to make two right-angled 'shoulders'.
I've cut the faces so that the entire block is divided into small cubes, what I want to do is remove the top left and top right of those cubes. I've tried everything I can think of but have failed miserably.
If I take the 4 faces and 'extrude' inwards it looks like the cube has disappeared, but all that seems to have happened is the faces now overlap what's left and it's a mess. If I push the front face inwards then the rest of the side of the block tilts in, which I understand. I've tried dissolving things, collapsing things. Clearly I'm missing a piece of understanding.
If I start with the block short, divide up the top face and extrude the middle piece upwards I get the 'head and shoulders' I want, but I can't work out how to start with the full block and remove two cubes at the corners to end up with the same thing.
I've cut the faces so that the entire block is divided into small cubes, what I want to do is remove the top left and top right of those cubes. I've tried everything I can think of but have failed miserably.
If I take the 4 faces and 'extrude' inwards it looks like the cube has disappeared, but all that seems to have happened is the faces now overlap what's left and it's a mess. If I push the front face inwards then the rest of the side of the block tilts in, which I understand. I've tried dissolving things, collapsing things. Clearly I'm missing a piece of understanding.
If I start with the block short, divide up the top face and extrude the middle piece upwards I get the 'head and shoulders' I want, but I can't work out how to start with the full block and remove two cubes at the corners to end up with the same thing.