Disconnecting Solid Faces

You can disconnect a Solid Face 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.
  • The length of the disconnecting wire network must be greater than, or equal to the length of the disconnecting solid face, in the direction of disconnect.
  • If the wire network does not lie on the Solid Face to disconnect, it will be projected onto it normally.
  • You can disconnect one solid face at a time.
See Also
About Working with Context Toolbars

Disconnect a Solid Face with the action bar command

  1. From the Transform section of the action bar, click Disconnect .
  2. In the Face/Surface to disconnect box, select the solid face to disconnect.
  3. In the Disconnecting wire box, select a wire to disconnect.

The Solid Face 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.