Rewrite/Improve Boolean Modifier Page #42896

New Issue

Greg Zaal · 2014-12-14T17:45:22+01:00

Greg Zaal commented

2014-12-14 17:45:22 +01:00

The current Boolean modifier documentation http://www.blender.org/manual/modeling/modifiers/generate/booleans.html contains lots of unnecessary text and Capitalized words. A lot of it is old and incorrect information, and also contains barely-related info (such as how to recalculate normals).

Therefore I think the easiest solution is to rewrite the page completely, including only information relevant to the modifier.

The current Boolean modifier documentation http://www.blender.org/manual/modeling/modifiers/generate/booleans.html contains lots of unnecessary text and Capitalized words. A lot of it is old and incorrect information, and also contains barely-related info (such as how to recalculate normals). Therefore I think the easiest solution is to rewrite the page completely, including only information relevant to the modifier.

Greg Zaal commented

2014-12-14 17:45:22 +01:00

Changed status to: 'Open'

Greg Zaal commented

2014-12-14 17:45:22 +01:00

Added subscriber: @GregZaal

Tess Wu self-assigned this 2015-01-15 09:12:21 +01:00

Tess Wu commented

2015-01-15 09:12:21 +01:00

I'll take a stab at cleaning this up.

Johannes Thomas Meyer commented

2015-05-25 10:44:05 +02:00

Added subscriber: @JohannesThomasMeyer

Johannes Thomas Meyer commented

2015-05-25 10:44:05 +02:00

Is it possible to include the (imho) very important hint, that a Mesh has to be non-manifold to get reliable results being used with the Boolean Modifier? I had lots of time wasted to figure this out and tried all kind of solutions which didn't work until I finally found it somewhere hidden in the blenderartists forum.

Of course it would be even better to give a hint in the UI when having a Boolean Modifier including a non-manifold mesh. But having it in the documentation is a first step to help others ;-)

Is it possible to include the (imho) very important hint, that a Mesh has to be [non-manifold ](http://www.blender.org/manual/glossary/index.html?highlight=manifold#term-non-manifold) to get reliable results being used with the Boolean Modifier? I had lots of time wasted to figure this out and tried all kind of solutions which didn't work until I finally found it somewhere hidden in the blenderartists forum. Of course it would be even better to give a hint in the UI when having a Boolean Modifier including a non-manifold mesh. But having it in the documentation is a first step to help others ;-)

Campbell Barton commented

2015-05-25 11:13:07 +02:00

Added subscriber: @ideasman42