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im doing models of interiors and one of the parts used molding around doors. is there a easy way of doing my corners other than having to get 2 frames and work inwards towards eachother?

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    Can you articulate your question a little better please? What do you mean two frames? Also please describe what you mean by working inward toward each other? – Rick Riggs Jul 14 '16 at 22:00
  • I know what he means. He's using two objects and trying to join them into a door frame. There are many methods to do this, One way is to use a cube scaled to the outer parameters of your frame, and then to subdivide it or loop-cut it to mark out the inner opening, then just delete the faces and bridge the open faces along the inside. – Anthony Forwood Jul 14 '16 at 23:25
  • @maiira in the future crop your images and plese include in the image only information relevant to the question. To make a screen capture within blender, you can press Crl F3 and then choose to save the whole interface as an image or just the active window. –  Jul 14 '16 at 23:56
  • related: http://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/19709/extrude-along-path-sharp-corners/19717#19717 –  Jul 14 '16 at 23:57

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Here's a pretty solid workflow if you don't desire to use multiple objects in the creation.

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  1. Shift+A >> Mesh >> Plane.

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  1. Tab to enter edit mode.

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  1. I to inset the active face the desired amount.

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  1. Delete >> Only Faces.

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  1. Result of Deleting the face (giving you the major frame profile).

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  1. A to select all faces.

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  1. E to extrude the desired overall frame thickness.

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  1. Ctrl+R >> 2 >> LeftMouseButton >> RightMouseButton

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  1. Click on the Face Mode icon/button.

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  1. Z >> Select the inner ring of faces (as shown).

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  1. With your cursor just outside the outer edge of the frame E >> S >> Move your mouse toward the center of the frame the desired amount >> LeftMouseButton

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  1. Click on the Edge Mode icon/button.

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  1. Select the Edge Loops at both the Inner Top & Inner Bottom of the frame.

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  1. Ctrl+B >> Move your mouse outward the desired amount >> Either type the number of segments & hit Enter OR scroll up on the scroll wheel of your mouse the desired amount & LeftMouseButton.

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  1. Hit Tab & you are complete if you desire a 4-Sided frame.

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  1. If your desire is to have a 3-Sided frame >> Tab to enter edit mode. >> C >> Select the bottom most horizontal edges of the frame.

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  1. Delete >> Only Edges & Faces.

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  1. The result is two empty holes that we must repair/fill.

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  1. Loop Select the left most hole. >> F to fill.

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  1. Loop Select the right most hole. >> F to fill.

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  1. Select both Edge Loops again.

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  1. S >> Y >> Numpad 0.

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Rick Riggs
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  • From Steps 18-21 the profile looks wrong because I accidentally did some steps twice on my end trying to put the document together. I fixed this and the steps are good. – Rick Riggs Jul 15 '16 at 01:26