Creating an Intersection

You can compute the intersection of the shape you define with the features you want to modify using the Intersect command. The resulting shape is the intersection between the shape of the intersect and the shapes of the selected features.

This task shows you how to:

See Also
About Intersections
Using the Display Only Parents Option to Retrieve a Creation Context

Create an Intersect Feature

You can create an intersection between the selected features.

Before you begin: Open a 3D shape representation containing a feature (for example, a remove feature).
  1. From the Transform section of the action bar, click Intersect Feature .
  2. In the Features to modify box, select a feature.
    Important:
    • If you select several features, the box displays the number of selected elements. To act on this selection, click in the Features to modify box to display the panel that allows you to:
      • View the selected elements
      • Remove any element by clicking the Remove
    • You can control whether the wall is constructed inside or outside of the selected profile. The default is an inside wall thickness. Please refer to Inside/Outside definition in Intersect feature.
    • Intersect features can have different shapes. The prism is the default shape. If you prefer a different shape, click any of the other three shapes available. To know how to create any of them, refer to the Prism, Sweep, Revolve, Thick Surface or External Shape tasks.
  3. In the Profile/Surface box, select an element for defining the prism.
  4. Select the Intersection radius check box and enter a value.
    Important: The Intersection Fillet provides the capability to create fillets at the intersections with the targets. Also it provides the ability to keep the wall thickness constant when modifying wall creating feature that has set the Constant Wall.
  5. Under First Limit and Second Limit, specify the length values in the respective boxes.
  6. Click OK.

    The intersection between the defined prism and the removed profile is created.

    Intersect Prism.X is added to the tree in the Solid Functional Set.X node.

Control Wall Creation

You can control the wall creation and also keep the wall thickness constant using Intersect Feature.

When the intersect feature is applied to a 'wall creating feature', and if the wall type is set to Use feature thickness and the target feature has a constant wall thickness, the intersect feature controls the wall creation. Also, Intersect feature has the ability to keep the wall thickness constant when modifying 'wall creating features' that have constant wall thickness.

  1. Click Intersect Feature to create an additional intersect feature to the 3D shape.
  2. Select the shellable prism and the wall creating feature as the features to modify.
  3. In the Profile/Surface box, select a sketch to define the profile for prism.
  4. Select the Intersection radius check box and specify value for the intersection radius.
  5. Under First Limit and Second Limit, specify the length values in the respective boxes.