create new rectangle on existing rectangle

ianmcmillianmcmill Join Date: 2010-04-29 Member: 71569Members, Reinforced - Supporter
hi
dont know if i described problem right in topic. maybe a image says more

i made a new room this way
1)create ground plate
2) extrude ground to desired hight
3)extruded ceiling back to the floor
4)inside the room from perspective view i created a new rectangle as ceiling. i guess i get the exact same result with duplicating the floor move it up to the ceiling and flip y-axis.
5)created a rectangle from 1. on the image to the right corner of the room which is not on screen.

so now i should have 2 seperate rectangles. the upper one and the lower one. but as you can see on the screenshot theres is still only one rectangle with a line.
am i doing something wrong or is it due to the editor tries to be smart and guesses my intention ?


<img src="http://capotexl.de/image/createnewface.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

Comments

  • BrawBraw Join Date: 2008-03-21 Member: 63920Members, Constellation
    Hhm yeah, always found the rectangle/line tool to be a bit buggy when it comes to dividing faces. Rarely does what I want it to :P

    What I do instead is:
    - cut the face (ctrl+x)
    - paste the face (ctrl+v). This unbinds the face from any connected faces
    - use the scale-tool (hit "s") to shrink the face in one direction. In your screen it would be downwards
    - extrude (hit "x") the edge that you'd want to make a new face out of. In your screen it would be the upper edge

    Now you have one face that's divided into two parts :P The shortcuts might be different for you or not set at all, don't remember if mine are standard or if I set them myself. Anyway, get used to shortcuts, they save you a lot of time.
  • ianmcmillianmcmill Join Date: 2010-04-29 Member: 71569Members, Reinforced - Supporter
    sound good. ill try that out ! thanks !
  • AlignAlign Remain Calm Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5216Forum Moderators, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1769812:date=May 5 2010, 03:10 PM:name=ianmcmill)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ianmcmill @ May 5 2010, 03:10 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1769812"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->i made a new room this way
    1)create ground plate
    2) extrude ground to desired hight
    3)extruded ceiling back to the floor<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Um. Can't you just extrude downwards straight away? That creates a hollow box.
  • BrawBraw Join Date: 2008-03-21 Member: 63920Members, Constellation
    edited May 2010
    Nvm this, read the above post a bit too quick!
  • Lemming JesusLemming Jesus Join Date: 2010-04-13 Member: 71385Members
    The rectangle tool seems to only work when it wants to. Sometimes it just won't cut apart the face it is drawn on and it drives me crazy.
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