Splitting Bodies or Faces

Split Body

From the Features section of the action bar, click Split .

Tip: In the top menu of the dialog box, you can switch between Split Body and Split Face .

In the Split Body dialog box, select one of the following splitting methods:

Option	Description
	Project. Splits the selected body with a projected sketch.
	Intersect. Splits the selected body using an intersecting splitting tool such as solid, face, plane, surface spline, or sketch.

From the work area, select the bodies to split.
From the work area, select the splitting tools such as a face, sketch, edge, or plane.

When the Project splitting method is used, you have the following selections:

Option

Description

Both Directions

Projects the splitting tool in both directions.

Single Direction

Projects the splitting tool in one direction.

To reverse the direction of the split, select Reverse Direction.

To remove a splitting tool if it is a surface body, select Consume Surface Bodies.
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From the Features section of the action bar, click Split .

Tip: In the top menu of the dialog box, you can switch between Split Body and Split Face .

In the Split Face dialog box, select one of the following splitting methods:

Option	Description
	Project. Splits the selected body with a projected sketch.
	Intersect. Splits the selected body using an intersecting splitting tool such as solid, face, plane, surface spline, or sketch.
	Silhouette. Creates a split line on a body along an axis.

From the work area, select the faces to split.
From the work area, select the splitting tools such as a face, sketch, edge, or plane.

Note: This option is available only for Project and Intersect splitting methods.

When the Project or Silhouette splitting method is used, you have the following selections: