Clipping tool...Need help using it... Created 18 years ago2006-01-18 15:51:46 UTC by Xyos212

Ive read the only tutorial hereon clipping. Its the one where you create a hallway. I know using it is "evil", but I want to know how to use it. I draw my blue line with it, it shows a white highlight of what it will cut, but HOW DO I ACTUALLY CUT IT? I double click, I try using the cut icon on top, but it wont cut. Is there a keyboard shortcut to cut it? Can someone help me, or point me to a tutorial?

enter.and clipping isn't evil. carving is evil

Me and clipping are engaged. the weddings on tuesday, you can all come.

Clipping isn't bad, hollowing and curving are bad. With bad use of clipping you can create subverticals (verticals that aren't even on the 1 unit grid) while with vertex manipulation can't. Smart use of all the tools is the best(exept curve and hollow tools which are obselet). If you aren't sure where you should move a vertical, try to find a diffrent way to create the brush, wrong placement of verticals might cause invaild solids/melformed faces.

lol, Im gonna sound noob, which I am still in some places, but I love carving. I've never had a problem with it. I don't like clipping cause I dont know if it just doesn't do the stuff I want to, or if Im a retard. Both options are highly likely. Clipping just doesn't work for me.

Carving is good for begginers for it's simple to use, and so is hollowing. But carve/hollow only with simple blocks, other wise is will be messy. Carve tool is unprodicible too, you can't tell how is will split the carved brush and sometimes it carves brushes it doesn't even touch. Beware of those tools and when you are exprienced enough with the besics learn how to use other tools to do the same things.

I Remember when I started mapping and I used the carve tool... I'll never do that again. I had to start all over again, wasted at lease 10 hours of work.