[Tutorial] Extrude + "automatic" selecting faces (by texture switching & texture replacement tool)
Maybe you noticed this already:
Idea (because video is sometimes not working):
-extrude 1 time
-change the texture (the one in which direction you are extruding)
-extrude 1 more time
-change the texture again (to a completly different one)
-extrude 1 more time
-change the texture (to a completly different one)
NOW
select the "texture replacement" tool >> click on "tweecers" symbol >> select 1 of the different textures >> click "target selected face"
conclusion:
this way you can select all faces for each extrude-step (without manually selecting all by hand).
for complicated arches this can save a lot of time, especially when you use extruding a lot (what you should :P)
Idea (because video is sometimes not working):
-extrude 1 time
-change the texture (the one in which direction you are extruding)
-extrude 1 more time
-change the texture again (to a completly different one)
-extrude 1 more time
-change the texture (to a completly different one)
NOW
select the "texture replacement" tool >> click on "tweecers" symbol >> select 1 of the different textures >> click "target selected face"
conclusion:
this way you can select all faces for each extrude-step (without manually selecting all by hand).
for complicated arches this can save a lot of time, especially when you use extruding a lot (what you should :P)
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EDIT: checked it. It should work, i did not set it as "private" so it should play.
What kind of problem do you get ?
It hangs on that loading symbol for a while, then goes to static with the ever-so-helpful message "An error occurred, please try again later."
http://forums.unknownworlds.com/discussion/comment/1908826/#Comment_1908826
There are a couple of downloadable tutorials he posted in the same thread -
http://forums.unknownworlds.com/discussion/comment/1922342/#Comment_1922342
http://forums.unknownworlds.com/discussion/comment/1926215/#Comment_1926215
What I usually do is just select the face and ctrl+x, ctrl+v real quick so that each extrusion step is a separate piece that I can select with a double-click.
oh god... so simple, but much easier! i never thaught about that, huge thank you.
That works, but I typically avoid making groups and layers if I can. Just gets cluttered up really fast, and it gets to be a bit of a chore coming up with names for all of them (as lazy as that sounds... just try it, you'll see what I mean). The double-click method is much faster and easier in my opinion... just a little bit of a hassle to keep your "chunks" of geometry separated without introducing holes.