Hard surface modelling advice for a basic shape

turbovulture

I am quite new to 3D and I am trying to model this quite basic fastening component as part of a larger model.

I am trying to create a sort of blunt bullet shape, which is flat at one end. I also need to add a cutout section about half way up the mesh, with each of the interior faces flat, and the outer surface rounded. Imagine you have a bullet, then apply a boolean modifier, using a thin, square tile arranged lengthwise, to subtract a thin slice from the tip of the bullet up to about halfway.

I started with a cube, applied a subdivision surface modifier and used support loops to control the corners. Then I added a mirror modifier. I felt like it would be easier to construct half the mesh and mirror rather than using a boolean.

But I am a it stuck getting the base to be flat and remove an ugly crevice from the center of the mesh. I have posted my progress so far and hopefully this explains what I am trying to accomplish.

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer, and please let me know if I should post any other angles, wireframes etc.

turbovulture

Ah I think figured it out. it was pretty basic in the end, apply a subdivision surface modifier and then a boolean modifier.

Thanks.

Eric Chadwick

Glad you figured it out. Although there are better ways to handle this, with more flexibility for editing. Usually questions like these are posted in the Sticky thread How The F*#% Do I Model This? - Reply for help with specific shapes