Noob needs some help

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Mother Russia

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Jul 5, 2011
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Really new to tf2 mapping, just want to know if it is possible to cut this block in half where the black line is.
Thanks in advanced!
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Lhimez

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Jul 29, 2012
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Make a brush at one half, ending just where the black line does. Then select the brush you created, click 'tools' at the top and then 'carve'. This will remove any part of any brush the brush you selected are inside.
 

Mother Russia

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Jul 5, 2011
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Nevermind, someone in the tf2 maps chat helped me.
Had to zoom in to the 2d view if the [ and ] keys and then I could use the clip tool!
 

Gus

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Feb 28, 2012
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Yes, you can!

Just select clipping tool :)clippingtool: this one here) and then make a line in the sideview of the block. Like this:

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And don't forget to hit shift + x if you want to keep the two sides. The red outlined side is the one that is going to be deleted, so just hit shift + x until both sides are white outlined.

Edit: Ninja'd twice!
 

Lhimez

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Jul 29, 2012
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Yes, you can!

Just select clipping tool :)clippingtool: this one here) and then make a line in the sideview of the block. Like this:

C6fQZ.jpg


And don't forget to hit shift + x if you want to keep the two sides. The red outlined side is the one that is going to be deleted, so just hit shift + x until both sides are white outlined.

Edit: Ninja'd twice!

Please call me a dumbass or something else insulting.
 

Mother Russia

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thanks for the help lads!
One more problem, I'm trying to get the grid size back to normal but pressing [ and ] is doing nothing now!
 

Lhimez

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Jul 29, 2012
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Up in the left courner you minimize and make it bigger just by clicking some boxes, if Im not wrong again. Do that til' you achieve something familiar, or just make a new standard.
 

Deodorant

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Oct 31, 2011
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Make a brush at one half, ending just where the black line does. Then select the brush you created, click 'tools' at the top and then 'carve'. This will remove any part of any brush the brush you selected are inside.

Here's a tip for both of you: Don't use carve, ever. It seems convenient on paper (When I started out I used it pretty much constantly), but it's a terrible habit. Carving with complex shapes does horrible things to your brushwork and visleaves. Carving with simple shapes isn't really easier than clipping or vertex editing once you get a hang of those things, and the latter methods give you much more control.
 

tyler

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Sep 11, 2013
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I quoted the wrong thing, ignore that. I meant this:

Make a brush at one half, ending just where the black line does. Then select the brush you created, click 'tools' at the top and then 'carve'. This will remove any part of any brush the brush you selected are inside.

Never do this. But it's been covered.