# Hollowing cylinders

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hollowing-cylinders/11154>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [January 13, 2003, 9:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hollowing-cylinders/11154 "2003-01-13T09:21:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![blah\_de\_blah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a8b319/32.png) [@blah\_de\_blah](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/blah_de_blah)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 9:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hollowing-cylinders/11154/1 "2003-01-13T09:21:59Z")

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i was wondering how you hollow a cylinder. the cylinder was made with the shape thing, it wasn’t drawn by myself. i want to be able to control how hollow each side of the cylinder would be, and how to make a cylinder 100 % hollow.

thx very much for your help :trout:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 9:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hollowing-cylinders/11154/2 "2003-01-13T09:40:45Z")

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in 3dsmax?

Just make a tube 😉

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 9:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hollowing-cylinders/11154/3 "2003-01-13T09:48:10Z")

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ah yea, i jsut rechecked the tutorial and it says the same thign, sorry stupid misteake 🙂

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**Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 10:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hollowing-cylinders/11154/4 "2003-01-13T10:56:43Z")

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hehe, np 🙂

There’s also another way of doing it… bit more complicated tho… Just go with a tube 😉

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**Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hollowing-cylinders/11154/5 "2003-01-13T19:07:26Z")

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boolean subtract will work, but yes tube is your best bet for simple structures