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You can split a body with a plane, face or surface. The purpose of this task is to show how to split a body by means of a surface. | |
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Open the Split1.CATPart document. | |
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1. | Select the blue pad as the body to be split. |
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| 3. | Select the splitting surface. The Split Definition dialog box is displayed, indicating the splitting element. |
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| An arrow appears indicating the portion of body that will be kept. If the arrow points in the wrong direction, you can click it to reverse the direction. | ||
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| 4. | Click OK.
The body is split. Material has been removed. The specification tree indicates you performed the operation. |
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Avoid using input elements that are tangent to each other since this may result in geometric instabilities in the tangency zone. |
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