Extruding along a curve to subtract solids

[tmb]

Hi All, 

Hoping this is a quick question that can be solved by someone more experienced than I. 

I would like to arrange my extrudes along a curved then use them to extract 'holes' into my curved wall. I image it would be simple enough using the surface array tool but I am struggling to use it in this scenario. 

I basically want to create a curved Breezeway block wall. 

Thanks!

[Kevin McAllister]

Here's a possible solution using symbols to cut the wall. Note that the symbol is one stack of blocks and has a wall hole component of a single extrude to cut the wall. I think if you made it wider (eg. multiple blocks), it would start to do weird things. Symbols are technically designed to make a straight cut in a straight wall. 

 

Kevin

 

Breezeway Wall.vwx

[Pat Stanford]

Edit:Duplicate Along Path with the Center Object On Path and Tangent to Path options set is probably the easiest way.

 

I would probably run just one row and then duplicate and offset them up/down as necessary to make the array.

[tmb]

EDIT: Keep Original Orientation does the trick. Thanks for the tips!

Edited February 9, 2022 by tmb