Blender slicing tips

I not new to blender, just very inexperienced. I am trying to do a project with a prebuilt model and was having trouble slicing it. I was trying to edit and bisect, and couldn't really get it to work. I was able to get it to work once, but couldn't figure out how to get it to replicate. Anyways, here is a quick step process to get it to work if you need to slice up an already existing model.


Thanks Ben and @refa42 for the start.

Blender 2.76b

1. Add > Mesh > Plane
2. Scale and orient as desired
3. Place where you want to cut
• For precise placement:
• Right click on plane to select
• Display and edit object (orange cube tab in properties)
• Change location, rotation and scale as needed
4. Select model to slice (right click or left click in "All Scenes" tab of Outliner)
5. Display and edit modifiers (wrench tab in properties)
6. Click drop-down for "Add Modifier"
7. Navigate and click: Generate > Boolean
8. Operation: Difference
9. Object: (Select plane name)
10. Shift+d (duplicates selected object)
11. Left click to place exactly where the other one is (don't move mouse just left click)
12. Under modifiers tab click apply
13. G to move and place (or use precise placement in step 3 above)
14. Rename
15. In outliner window under "All Scenes" change modifier from Difference to Intersect
16. Apply modifier
17. If making multiple cuts, duplicate plane move
18. Shift+R replicates
19. I like to delete plane already used

I will try and do a screencast and/or photos if I can figure out how.

10 lessons

Enjoyed this one
http://www.lifebuzz.com/10-lessons-from-navy-seal/#!Rs3NR

Obedience

"Nothing will ruin a boy's view of God like a set of parents who demand obedience to God's commandments and then don't follow through with it themselves. " - #CliffGraham - Call of Duty p121

The Last Jihad

Reading part of the preface...
"Do we truly understand that the forces of evil are preparing to strike us again when we least expect it? Do we truly gasp that the ultimate goal of the jihadists is not to terrorize us but to annihilate us? Are we willing to take any actions necessary to defend Western civilization from extinction? Or are we going to elevate peace over victory, retreat from the world, and simply hope for the best?"

Makes you wonder about not just jihadists, but of evil, of Satan and that he doesn't just want to terrorize us, but to annihilate us. Ultimately that means rendering us useless, whether we are dead and where people eventually forget us, or where we are totally ineffective in proclaiming the Gospel.

What will you do to make a stand?

Synology

This isn't a new religion or anything, but it is a great NAS! I have had this NAS for maybe a year and i love it. My DS211j is still not organized, or fully utilized, but hopefully some day it will get there.

The DS was easy to setup and even easy to update. I only purchased one hard drive of a two bay system, but I do like it. This past week, I finally convinced Laura that we needed that second HD to backup our data, so I am currently in the process of seeing if i can get it to where i can RAID it.

I tried expanding and adding a group, but it would always create a separate volume that would not allow it to be managed and changed to a RAID. Finally i decided to try to expand my current volume...we shall see.

Love and Respect

I cannot say that I thoroughly enjoyed this book, but i do think that there are a couple of things that i took away from this book.

i believe this book could have been shortened to about 50 pages and been just a relevant.

however, i do find myself referencing some of what it says every now and then.

it talks about men and women and their battles because of how they see things differently (obvious i know, but he explains some of the differences in the book). he talks about some ways to recognize unhealthy communication and a couple of ways to combat it.

i think that he touts his process way too much in the absurd amount of examples (which do show the diversity of problems that people work through). a cliff notes version would have been great.

thanks for the long read. and hopefully it will impact me for the positive, as well as those that i am around. i do have to admit, it was great getting to go through this book with a couple of great friends was definitely a bonus.

a great book on communication, one i do suggest reading, is crucial conversations

Last chance at freedom

Well, it has been nice, but the cats arrive today. We are still looking for a washer and dryer before we can call it home

Chapters 1 & 2

Love and respect. We got this book from a friends dad. A couple of swell fellas and I are going through it now, so I figured I could jot a little bit about it. This does not explicitly imply that Eggerichs is verbose, but 30+ pages can be summed up in the following:

Men and women communicate differently. A cycle of arguing occurs when there arises a discrepancy in this communication.

A man needs respect
A woman needs love

Ephesians 5:33

Star Wars Uncut

Is it bad that I watched the whole thing

http://www.starwarsuncut.com/watch

is it even worse that i kinda liked it?

On Work and Play [Quote]

			The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his information and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he's always doing both."

James A. Michener

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/michaelhyatt/~3/FRouS1iT_Ys/13795

Sent with MobileRSS for iPhone

Billy Coffey

On the devil's thoughts

"Because change hurts. Because change won't come until it hurts more to stay the same than it does to become something different. And that's where I win. People will endure a plain life even if they want something more, because a plain life is a painless one."

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BillyCoffey/~3/SHi5o4mABGQ/

He who asks is a fool [Quote]

			He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever."

Old Chinese Proverb

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/michaelhyatt/~3/2tbD46EE_ps/he-who-asks-is-a-fool

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Characteristics

Michael Hyatt writes on what you should look for in people you are hiring, but I think it can be translated to things people are looking for in you.

...A hungry person is intellectually curious. He reads constantly—newspapers, magazines, and books. Lots of books. He loves learning new things and sharing what he is learning with others.

Check out the rest of his post http://goo.gl/kWoHo

FYI this webpage does not multi task well on iPhone.

Watched cold souls tonight. Makes one think

Reading Luke 21. A big chapter.

Does one write merely for the act, or does it seriously convey thoughts and feelings down on a page. And once they are down are they any less potent in the writer's heart? I say no; if anything else they are more potent, perhaps more garbled, but even the more potent.

May thoughts be true and actions honest to the One over all.

P.S. Congrats on baby Tripputi

Leadership

This is one of those aspects of life that I feel I am weak in so much. I feel that I see and identify good qualities in others but I fail to improve upon them in my life. I have a video clip that talks about your leadership within an organization. I believe it is Andy Stanley from northpointe in Atlanta.

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/michaelhyatt/~3/Uuid-N5yEw4/you-dont-have-to-be-good-at-everything

Which begs the question what are my weaknesses and what are my strengths?

Overwhelmed

Ever feel overwhelmed?

Can't say that I have ever felt that way but I have been pretty close.

And I bet you don't buy that, and neither do I.

Things are great now, but as many of y'all know summertime is one of my busiest seasons. So it is now that I am catching up on much of my social media and blogs, etc. I hav to admit that I judged a post by it's title, first line and length, as I think many others would. Things I found out

1. Make a good introduction
2. Make your words count
3. It didn't hurt me to skip/miss things
4. It is ok to mark potentially promising material for a later - more in depth read
5. Life goes on outside of summer

I hope that life is treating each one of y'all well! Laura and I would love to hear from you!

Offenses

Michael Hyatt
1. Offenses are inevitable.
2. Satan intends offenses for our destruction.
3. God intends offenses for our good.
4. Being offended is a choice.

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/michaelhyatt/~3/ssl_R5Ge_Ws/my-keynote-speech-on-dealing-with-offenses.html

Wounds

Check this out

http://michaelkelleyministries.com/2011/03/jesus-pokes-the-open-wound/

Passionate customers

Regular customers can become passionate advocates— if you’re willing give them something to be passionate about.

--Sally Hogshead
http://sallyhogshead.com/how-to-turn-customers-into-fanatics/3253/

Truth

The idea is not that truth is changing, but that further study is changing our understanding of truth.

Donald Miller
http://donmilleris.com/2011/03/03/when-truth-is-the-enemy-of-truth/