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On Sun, 8 Oct 1995, Donald Drennan wrote:

> I have been, for the last two hours, trying to do a boolean subtract to
> create a piece of jagged edged rock.
>
> Whenever I do a boolean subtract I get polygons that are shaped like my
> cutting object that extend way beyond my cuttee shape.

It's a bug in older versions of Modeler.  Try using the Jitter function...
there is a tutorial in the manual that will walk you through the steps
necessary to make an asteroid...this should give you the effect you're
looking for.  Try Metaforming it to smooth out the jagged edges if you
want.

                                     -David Warner

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