Intersecting Volumes

The material resulting from an intersection operation between two volumes is the material shared by these volumes.

Before you begin: Create a 3D shape containing three geometrical sets or ordered geometrical sets, with a volume in each set.

This is your initial data, the Intersect representation is composed of three geometrical sets:

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Operation on volumes, such as intersecting, sometimes result in geometrical instabilities
  1. From the Volume section of the action bar, click Intersect .
  2. In the Base object box, select the volume to intersect.
  3. In the Intersecting operand box, select the volume to be intersected with.
  4. In the After box, select a destination body after which the intersected volume will be located.
    If the Geometrical Set or the Ordered Geometrical Set is current, the After box is valuated with the current body and will be located after its last feature.
  5. Click Preview to visualize the intersection.
  6. Click OK.

    The operation (identified as Intersect.xxx) is added to the tree. The tree and the Intersect representation now look like this:



    Notes:
    • You can edit an Intersect feature and modify the volume to be intersected with: Double-click the feature in the tree and select a new volume in the Intersecting operand box.
    • You can also swap the input volumes: Right-click the Base object box and select the Swap operands contextual item. This capability only works when both volumes belong to the same geometrical set or ordered geometrical set.
    • Multi-selection is not possible.