New CSG Engine and Smooth Angles!

[ivx_n (ivan)]

After using the original CSG engine from the beginning until now I had always been a fan of the ‘‘smooth look’’ it gave to parts. Yet as I started using the more capable new engine I noticed that it’d no longer produce such effect!

Having that said: Is there any way to reproduce that ‘‘smoothness’’ in the new engine?!

Screen Shot 2021-01-26 at 7.10.23 AM|690x483

[hvrtlvs (Six)]

You can use the SmoothingAngle property of the union, to smooth it out. Here’s the devforum post on it:

Introducing SmoothingAngle property for PartOperation (Enabled Globally)

CSG v1 allows for corners/edges where you union to be smoothed out, while CSG v2 chooses to keep them sharp. Both cases have their use. So we decided to release a new beta Studio feature to allow you to control it with a new property of PartOperation. To use this feature, you must go to File → Beta Features in Studio and enable this: [announce] PartOperation(s) now will have a “SmoothAngle” property (see the screenshot below) that allows you to specify an angle in degrees. Changing the angle …