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I'm attempting to cut a hole in a plane. I added a cylinder object, added the Boolean modifier to the plane, selected "cylinder" and "Difference", but no hole is made. The lower half of the cylinder just highlights, moving/deleting the cylinder reveals a hole-less plane.

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How can i cut a hole in the plane?

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  • Modifiers are dynamic, that is their reason for being. As soon as you move the cylinder away from the plane, there is no interaction between plane and cylinder, hence nothing to subtract. You need to Apply the modifier if you want the operation to be set in stone. – Arnaud Meuret Mar 29 '19 at 09:38

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This is because the plane is non-manifold. It's a 2D object, which has no volume.

Either make it manifold by giving it volume (e.g. with a solidify modifier), or use the knife project tool instead of a boolean modifier:

  1. Add a circle

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  2. ⇧ ShiftRMB RMB on the plane so that both the circle and the plane are selected, and the plane is active (yellow outline).

  3. Enter edit mode (↹ Tab), and align the view so that the circle outlines the hole you want to cut. In your case top view (Numpad 7) is probably good.

  4. Press Knife project in 3D view > tool shelf > Tools > Add:

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Result:

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Undoubtedly the Knife Project would be the better alternative, when you would apply the Subdivision Modifier it could work:

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