Partitioning the Design Space

Partition Design Space lets you identify functional regions that remain frozen during the conceptual shape exploration.

  1. From the standard area section of the action bar, click Exploration Assistant .
  2. From the list, select Design Space Setup and then select a design space.
  3. From the Design Space section of the action bar, click Material Browser .
  4. Apply a material onto the volume.
  5. Click Partition Design Space again.
  6. From the list, do one of the following:
    • To preserve the selected faces inside the partition result, choose Preserve faces by offset, and then select one or more faces and define an offset value.
    • To partition the volume using a splitting element, choose Split by elements, and then select the splitting element.
  7. Select the cutting elements.
  8. Optional: Select the volume.