Breaking Surfaces

You can trim a surface into two or more parts using any combination of curves, planes, and surfaces.

Before you begin:
  • Open an existing 3D shape.
  • Click Shading with Edges in the View section of the action bar.
  1. In the Elements box, select the surface.
  2. In the Limitation box, select the trimming curves.
  3. Optional: Click on the surface to create an instant iso-parametric curve as the limiting element. This curve can be positioned using the handle which appears on the curve.
  4. Optional: Right-click a Limitation tag to access the context menu.
  5. Click Apply.
  6. Click the segment to be kept to switch between kept and removed part.
  7. Right-click any re-limited element to display the context menu.
  8. In the Projection area, click Along Robot .
  9. Click Apply.
    Elements that do not lie on the trimmed elements will be projected (pseudo-intersections) onto the trimming elements according to the Robot direction.
  10. In the Projection area, click Along Normal , then click Apply.
  11. In the Trim Type area, click Surface Trim , then click Apply.
  12. In the Order area, select Keep Order to edit the U and V values.
  13. Optional: In the Extrapolation area, click Tangential Extrapolation .
  14. Click Apply.
    The surface segments are added along the tangent direction.

 

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