How can I delete an intersection to modify a sphere

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I’m trying to intersect rectangular boxes with a sphere to form something similar to the AT&T logo, but actual slices of s sphere instead. I created a box, then copied it to an array, then created a sphere, moved it so that it overlapped the boxes. I then intersected the boxes with the sphere. I now want to delete each of the boxes and get the result I have in sphere 2. I got that result by creating the boxes from the rectangle tool rather that the draw tool as I did in sphere 3. I’m not sure what I did, but I can’t seem to do it again.

I will upload the sphere with the boxes, I simple want to delete the boxes - even where they intersect with the sphere.

Sphere 3.skp (988.0 KB)

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Sphere 2Sphere 2.skp (851.3 KB)

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Is this what you want?

Slice
Slice597×535 29.6 KB

Slice

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Yes that’s exactly what I want. I’ll try it and confirm I can do it.

Thanks

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I got it to work, but a little manually. Where do you find that tool with the x inside a red circle?

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That is the delete Icon found on the ‘Standard’ toolbar.

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Is it in the Pro series? No problem, I got it to work using the delete key. Now I’m ready for the other two planes of boxes - I should be able to do it without help because of the video you provided.

Thanks again.

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No, it is available in Make.
I use a custom toolbar that I have put together from other toolbars.
And as I said it is on the toolbar called, Standard.

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I see, I’ll work on it - I’ve only been at it a couple of weeks and I try to learn what I can on my own - but when stuck help saves me hours of exploring.

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I have now discovered standard!

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It worked fine, but the second plane does not do the same thing.

Sphere 5.skp (1.2 MB)

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You need to select all of the faces that make up the sphere.
Slice2

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You did the intersection out of the component, I would fix it this way.

myexample
myexample713×466 2.55 MB

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Thanks again. that will be my project for tomorrow.

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Out of curiosity, where are you headed with this? Do you just want the outer surfaces or do you need little blocks all the way through? Maybe like this?
sphere

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Just the outer surfaces, I plan to develop a color scheme on them, but I must admit your design has really peaked my curiosity - imagine the color combinations with all of those surfaces,

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