Modeling Arches in Blender (Blender 3.x Tutorial)

Today we'll do some architectural modeling and, based on a reference image, create detailed arches using polygon modeling, boolean operations, and quite a few add-ons that ship with Blender, free add-ons, and a couple of paid add-ons (these are not required to complete the tutorial.

You can download the reference image for modeling here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/hhfvyk81lor...

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Time stamps for this video:
0:00 - Titles
0:15 - Introduction
2:46 - Modeling the base geometry
19:19 - Boolean, clean-up, finalizing geometry
30:43 - Extruding base geometry, adding big grooves
36:33 - Adding small grooves
42.22 - Modeling the top of the pillars
52:32 - Putting it all together, finalizing the arches

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Free add-ons:

Wondermesh
https://github.com/WiresoulStudio/Won...

Machin3Tools
https://machin3.gumroad.com/l/MACHIN3...

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Paid add-ons:

Profile Rails Extruder
https://blendermarket.com/products/pr...

MeshMachin3
https://blendermarket.com/products/me...

Hard-Ops
https://blendermarket.com/products/ha...

Pivot Transform
https://derksen.gumroad.com/l/pivottr...

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I hope you'll enjoy this video.

Thanks for watching!

Cheers,
Wolf3D