Disconnecting Surfaces

You can disconnect a Surface with a wire network and keep all faces in a single feature.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin: Open a 3D shape containing a wire network.
Notes:
  • The wire network must be a single feature that contains one or more wires, for example a sketch or a join.
  • If the wire network does not lie on the Surface to disconnect, it will be projected onto it normally.

Disconnect a Surface with the action bar command

  1. From the Idealize section of the action bar, click Disconnect .
  3. In the Face/Surface to disconnect box, select the surface to disconnect.
  4. In the Disconnecting wire box, select a wire to disconnect.

The Surface is disconnected and Disconnect.x node is added to the tree.



Note: If you edit and change the disconnecting wire, the naming or color applied to the result's faces may be modified.

Disconnect a surface with the context toolbar command

  1. Select first the surface and the wire network using Ctrl.
  2. Click Disconnect in the context toolbar.
  3. Click in the background to validate the command.

The surface is disconnected and Disconnect.x added to the tree.