What I would like to do, is put a round hole in a square.
Would be nice if you could take a shape.box, and fill it with a shape.cylinder… that is "air".
So that the end result is… a box with a round hole in it.
Can I do that? It doesn't seem so, but I thought I'd better ask, before doing something else.
i would try to apply a texture with a circle, filled with transparency.
the only challenge is, that by default all 6 sides of the box will have a hole in it. 
it would be so much easier if u can just model ur shape in a modeling tool like maya then export it into jme.
darklighter said:
Can I do that?
actually... no
if you want to create an actual shape having a hole: no, jme can't do it.
if you just want to make it look like there was a hole, then: yes, you could use the other shape to do some freaky stuff with the z-buffer so the background is rendered even if there is a shape that should block the view. this might be what you want.
anyone up to implementing code for boolean operations on meshes?
MrCoder said:
anyone up to implementing code for boolean operations on meshes?
even if it is there, id still rather use the one click boolean function in maya :D
Alright, thanks guys
And yes, the task is a shape with an actual hole, not just a shape that looks asthough it has a hole.
Thought I'd have to go learn modelling for this.
So… anyone know of a free 3D modelling tool?
darklighter said:
Alright, thanks guys :)
And yes, the task is a shape with an actual hole, not just a shape that looks asthough it has a hole.
Thought I'd have to go learn modelling for this.
So... anyone know of a free 3D modelling tool?
blender is the best free modeling tool
This can be implemented quite nicely with the stencil buffer, though I don't see many applications for this…