Splitting Meshes or Clouds

You can split a mesh or a cloud of points into areas defined by picks, traps or types of elements.

Before you begin: This command is available in 3D Printing Preparation, not in 3D Printing.
  1. From the 3D Printing section of the action bar, click Split and select the mesh or the cloud to split.
  2. In the context toolbar, define the areas to split.
    1. Switch from Trap to Flood.
    2. Click With Angle.
    3. Optional: Select Edit Angle and modify the value of the angle in the pop-up that appears.
    4. Pick a triangle of the mesh.
      Only the triangles connected to the triangle you have selected that respect this angle criterion are selected.
    5. Optional: Pick another triangle to define another portion.

The input element is hidden. Two elements are created:

  • SplitCloud.1 and SplitCloud.2 if the input element was a cloud. SplitCloud.1 corresponds to the remaining portion of the original cloud. SplitCloud.2 is the split cloud (portion selected).
  • SplitMesh.1 and SplitMesh.2 if the input element was a mesh SplitMesh.1 corresponds to the remaining portion of the original mesh,SplitMesh.2 is the split mesh (portion selected).
  • The output element indexes are increased if further splits occur.
  • If the selection is empty, no split element is created.
  • To retrieve the original input element, recall it from the No Show, or merge the two split elements.
  • When you split a mesh using the Trap option, the triangles are smoothly cut by the trap line.