Subd Blended Column

[Rob_Harrison]

Whats up SubD legends. I have a modeling problem that I think should be pretty simple, but I’m not familiar enough with SubD workflows to figure it out. I’m trying to make a three way blend for a cast steel column joint. I got pretty close to what I want with the subD multipipe but instead of two pipes at the base of the Y I want one profile that blends into the branches of the Y

SubD Column Joint.3dm (171.5 KB)

[encephalon]

just delete these parts and use bridge

[martinsiegrist]

Delete these faces

Select these four segments

Use the Bridge command

Stitch the vertices

You may want to use symmetry on the XY plane… this can be done with the Reflect command

Voilà