Combining Mesh into Cylinder
Hey guys 
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got a small workflow problem. I'm trying to make this tower http://img1.ak.crunchyroll.com/i/spire4/f97dc6ad8fb23fb99b9575617f2031231357314153_full.jpg
On the front you can see this pyramid thingy that sticks out and I'm questioning my workflow.
(see attachment)
I'm using Blender, made a loopring/loopcut where the platform should be, then extracted a vertex and made 4 faces. But now, I'm stucked, I have no idea how I could make these 3 edges on the inside (see image). Is there a Blender tool I'm missing to use here or should I made this pyramid separate?
,got a small workflow problem. I'm trying to make this tower http://img1.ak.crunchyroll.com/i/spire4/f97dc6ad8fb23fb99b9575617f2031231357314153_full.jpg
On the front you can see this pyramid thingy that sticks out and I'm questioning my workflow.
(see attachment)
I'm using Blender, made a loopring/loopcut where the platform should be, then extracted a vertex and made 4 faces. But now, I'm stucked, I have no idea how I could make these 3 edges on the inside (see image). Is there a Blender tool I'm missing to use here or should I made this pyramid separate?
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In 3ds Max, I would use the tetrahedron as a guideline for adding new polygons. I would delete the polygons behind it (along the right side of the red line, and symmetrically on the left too), then I would extrude new polygons from the hole, and snap/magnet vertices to the front of the tetrahedron. Then I would delete the tetrahedron.
Snapping to a guideline mesh is a good method. Especially helpful for adding round shapes, you can snap to a temporary guideline cylinder.
Many programs also have a boolean function, which cuts two models along their intersection. Sometimes this leaves extra vertices, but it's quick to cleanup the model afterwards.