(The Solid Drill tool works similarly
but uses a 3D object as the ???drill.???)
10. In the Template Drill panel, click the Operation button marked Tunnel; then click
the Axis button labeled Z (Figure 7.11). Click OK, and in a moment, you??™ll see a
nice hole in the center of the letter outline (Figure 7.12).
You built these objects using the Back view, which faces down the Z-axis; choosing
Z aligns the drill operation along that axis. The Tunnel operation works as its
name implies, using the background shape to bore a tunnel through the foreground
shape. If you choose the Drill function, it performs just like the Template
Drill, except that it??™s used for objects that have more than two sides??”that is,
objects that have more dimension.
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Figure 7.11 Use the Drill tool??™s Template Drill panel to create a hole in the CurvyA letter.
Figure 7.12 Using a Tunnel operation takes the background layer and cuts it through the
foreground layer.
11. In the Top viewport, click and drag to the back to extrude the objects.
12. Now we need to clean up the points and smooth them out a bit.
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