About Intersections

Intersect lets you compute the intersection of the shape you define with the features you want to modify.

The following topic is discussed:

See Also
Creating an Intersection
Using the Display Only Parents Option to Retrieve a Creation Context

About the Wall Types

The Wall option lets you set if, or how, Intersect Feature creates walls along the intersecting surface. To define a wall, you can set one of the options available from the list:

  • Use body thickness:The active shelled body's thickness is used as the wall thickness.
  • Enter thickness: Enter a value. When this option is selected, the Thickness box becomes available. Wall thickness values must be positive.
  • Use feature thickness: The thickness of the target feature (the feature you want to modify) is used as the wall thickness.

    If the target feature has no thickness parameter in its definition (for example if the target feature is an external feature, the Remove Feature capability assigns the thickness value defined in shell Properties to the wall. If this behavior does not meet your needs, you can do one of the following:

    • Set the thickness value to 0mm in Shell Properties before running Intersect Feature.
    • In the Intersect Feature dialog box, set Enter thickness and assign the required value.