Sorry that it left you so frustrated. I think it's the curse of using a tool so often it's easy to just work automatically. I do have videos to explain the tool more clearly as well but that doesn't always help. I'm trying to look at the issue you had and I think it's not a boxcutter issue and more a boolean issue (if I'm understanding you correctly). I did snap the point to the vert on the left hand side. I'm assuming at this point the issue you have is that the boolean was using the "fast" method and not the "exact" method. Maybe check the modifier and see if that is the case. The fast method can't deal with any verts/edges/faces that are perfectly aligned so will cause errors until you move one of the objects slightly. The exact method doesn't have that issue. I just want to add I do really appreciate the feedback and thankyou for taking the time to explain it so clearly. 👍🏻👌🏼 Hopefully that clarity has meant I have correctly "diagnosed" the problem.

@@ArtisansofVaul It is me that is thanking you... though after reading my post a few times, it does sound as though I was complaining. I wasn't. Well, I wasn't complaining about you. None the less, yes, the fast vs exact boolean, definitely was an issue, but not "always". I restarted more times than I care to count, closing Blender and beginning from scratch. Hitting every tick in each menu, turning this on, that off, one by one, and restarting each time to see the result. I "may" have been selecting just a hair BELOW that Vert... which is the only thing I was able to replicate that stupidly annoying sliver of the mesh being left over after laser cutting the boolean. I don't know for certain, but it was the only thing that seemed to get a consistently screwed up result. The other issue was that the cutter shape, for some reason or another, would not sit squarely on the mesh. It kept leaving the front faces intact. If I moved the cutter afterwards, placing it where it "should have snapped", so that it fully covered the outside closest and opposite faces, it was fine. But I started to lose track of what affected what with the number of restarts. I am pretty methodical about finding a level starting point when I make mistakes, bringing everything back to zero, then moving at a snails pace to try each variation until I get the right set of dials turned and switches flipped... which is a huge character flaw with me. If anything, other than your amazing efforts to bring these features to light, this has taught me that I can simply try harder to not get frustrated when my brain misses a step. You're teaching. I'm learning. Life is good.

@@keithmathews4605 Oh I didn't take it negatively at all so dont worry. 👍 On the leaving a front face I have found that recently. Im not sure why it has started happening. I generally just solve it by once I get the thickness I want pressing "e" to extrude forward a bit too but I haven't gotten to the bottom of it yet.

Thanks so much 😁

Thanks. That seems to be the general feedback at this point 👍😁

Well thats a ringing endorsement 👍

No problem at all and welcome to the channel. Enjoy the videos and if you think of anything you want to see just put it in a comment somewhere 😊

Don't worry, the red will be back!

Cheers and no problem 😁

👍🏻😁 Yeah Blender can have issues/slow down with some parts.

@@ArtisansofVaul It seems like it's only the Insetting in boxcutter in particular. I'll have to see how I can remedy that cuz it's a pretty useful function. is there an alternative way to inset like that besides selecting faces and such?

@NerdLegionInc that is more taxing in general. It's making two booleans simultaneously to create the inset so changing it means a lot more computations.

My pleasure

Oh totally. I don't have one for a gun but I do for a sword: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sNlzorJz1pa1hXU.html

Oh for sure on the supports. But probably not too many. I'd print it at an angle with the end of the barrel raised so the supports don't affect the detail of the indent. Other than that it would be one on the handle, one on the mag and one on the rear of the top tube. It's the back of that which would be the biggest pain and I probably would add something to the model to help with it

@@ArtisansofVaul Care to make a tutorial about that sometime soon?

@@syrianmisha740 I'd be happy to. There are a lot of videos on supporting items out there so I assumed people wouldn't want one but I'd be happy to.

This video is the last in a series on Boxcutter, the first two videos go through the details with this being a demonstration of how the add-on is used. You might want to check out the other videos for the detail's you're looking for (I didn't want to repeat everything and turn this into a very long video when the information is already in the rest of the playlist, as is explained in the video description): kzfaq.info/sun/PLnqmLZKRm5CajsNlyFbieVyGxzdbBN-jo

@@ArtisansofVaul I did follow the other vids and they are great. What I mean is that sometimes minor passages are not always obvious and needs getting used to. I still think that sometimes repeating helps. In fact that is the key of great teachings. I am learning a good deal here so will keep following and waiting for more tuts

@@andycrystal I cant disagree on the repetition (Im a teacher and I know how important it is) and this was recorded with additional explanation in it but it made the video just too long as not many people seem to want to watch videos that are over 30mins long (you can see some of the edit points on the video where the mouse skips quickly where they were taken out). Its a shame but a product of the KZfaq environment Im afraid. If there is anything you're unsure of let me know and I'd be happy to try to explain it further. 🙂

@@ArtisansofVaul I do appreciate it! I agree. Unfortunately longer videos are not even getting recommended by YT. Which is a shame because your videos are so useful. I understand that few people have the patience to go through a tutorial like this but they are missing out. The more 'mainstream' content leaves a lot to be desired.

Actually something that popped into my mind. Once a model is finished, does remeshing to quads help in terms of 3D printing precision? Say I have a lot of booleans and bevels etc. but my topology is not optimal.

Exactly that, yes. I use it so that when I have the snapping to dots feature on it gives me a point to click on (otherwise it just has half way along the edge)

@@ArtisansofVaul excellent, the tool kept failing when I was snapping to that point for me, now I know not to do that. Thanks for replying!

It can be but that's solved by using the tab function when cutting. It displays what you're doing but stops the active modification as you go so it's less intensive. My computer is lonely a laptop though its pretty good spec. It's more the combination of doing this while recording, without the recording it's pretty smooth on a project like this that isn't too complex.

​@@ArtisansofVaul ahhh ok, I don't know much about video recording/editing, so wouldn't know how much of an extra strain it puts on your hardware. I Just started learning modelling in blender and have found your channel to be a little goldmine for assisting me along my journey of figuring all this stuff out.

@anab0lic Thanks. Mine away 😉 Also feel free to comment if there is anything you're looking for I don't appear to have covered yet 😁

Got it..... I had to enable cavity

@@someorother5272 Well done 👍🏻😁 Got the solution before I could answer

@@ArtisansofVaul yepp... Thanks for replying so fast

Ahh, I turned on exact and it worked....

Glad you sobered it out 😁👍🏻

Mirroring or symmetry? Next Fridays video is covering both (or on Patreon tomorrow). I can try to explain over messages too if that helps.

The trigger was left off as weapons for 3D printing are usually modelled with a hand so its a bit of a waste of time modelling one but I'm sure those wanting one can manage with the tools shown in the video. Similarly the channel focuses on 3D design for 3D printing so materials aren't really something I focus on. I could do a video on how to add materials generally but there's lots of great content creators out there that would do a better job of that than me.

@@ArtisansofVaul oh thank for replying and i understand what ur telling but it would be great if u do a separate video on it as box cutter is new to me and could be for many so could u make a full detailed video only on box cutter and hardops

@Rhythm Master Media I've got you covered man. I already have two videos on Boxcutter that cover way more than on this video. You can find them here: kzfaq.info/sun/PLnqmLZKRm5CajsNlyFbieVyGxzdbBN-jo

@@ArtisansofVaul oh thank u for the videos and thx for replying fast