Problem with boolean operator, operation "Difference" bettwen two simple objects

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Good day, dear advanced users of Blender! I am starting to work with Blender and have such occasion. There two objects: -the lighthouse and -the cube. I am trying to create the window in the lighthouse by using Boolean Modifier-> Operation Difference -> Object Cube and immediately I have a message: "Can't execute boolean operation"

The *.blend file is accessible by the link http://wikisend.com/download/612580/lighthouse.bool-error.blend

Please clarify me, how can I create the window due to this operator and why this error appeared?

Welcome to the site. For uploading files please use blend-exchange (sharing on this site only). Your file had some doubles but they were in the bottom part of the mesh and didn't affect Boolean modifier for me. In general, the error you pointed out means there are some geometry problems with the mesh, see http://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/34781/boolean-modifier-not-working. Also it's recommended to update the Blender version which is 2.78 now from official site. — Mr Zak, Feb 05 '17 at 13:13
Thank you Mr Zak! I read the link, that you inserted and found many answers from geometry. — Luba_Markovskaya, Feb 05 '17 at 14:11
The blend you uploaded works fine though. I just applied the modifier and it did it's job without errors. — Cos Dim, Feb 05 '17 at 12:15

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 05 '17 at 14:37

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The problem with the model is it has created double vertices

Go in the edit mode
Press A twice to select all
Press W to bring special key and click remove double
come out of the edit mode and make boolean operation

edited Feb 05 '17 at 14:37

Ray Mairlot

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answered Feb 05 '17 at 12:07

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Atek, thank you very much for help! How did you find these double vertices? I want to avoid such situations in the future. – Luba_Markovskaya Feb 05 '17 at 13:56
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@atek Put tags around keyboard keys please e.g. A – Ray Mairlot Feb 05 '17 at 14:10
@RayMairlot can you please explain me how to put that? – atek Feb 05 '17 at 14:11
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@atek What do you mean? Edit your answer and put tags around the letters keyboard keys you are telling them to press, in this case, 'A' and 'W'. – Ray Mairlot Feb 05 '17 at 14:13
@atek Look at my edit. – Ray Mairlot Feb 05 '17 at 14:37
@RayMairlot thanks for editing and where can i get this code any link plz – atek Feb 05 '17 at 14:38
http://stackoverflow.com/editing-help#html – Ray Mairlot Feb 05 '17 at 14:44

Problem with boolean operator, operation "Difference" bettwen two simple objects

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