How to Use Split

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Introduction

This topic provides a walk-through example of how to split a solid body using a single surface. This topic is supplemental to Split.

A BobCAD file installed with the software can be opened to follow along with this example. This example will have you:

1 In the File menu, click Open.

2 Navigate to: C:\BobCAD-CAM Data\BobCAD-CAM V**\Examples, and select Split Solid Example.bbcd.

3 With Split Solid Example.bbcd displaying in the File Name box, click Open.

To open Split Solid, do one of the following:

Right-click anywhere in the Workspace, point to CAD, Solids, and click Split.

The parameters display in the Data Entry tab of the Data-CAM Tree Manager.

1 Click to select the solid cube in the graphics area.

NOTE: When selecting the cube, notice it is a single entity.

The cube is added to the Selected Geometry list and focus is shifted to the Splitting Surface list.

2 Click to select the splitting surface.

The surface is added to the Splitting Surface list.

3 Click OK to split the solid.

The solid is split and a Split Solid feature is created in the CAD Tree.

4 In the Layer Manager, right-click Surface, and click Hide.

5 When you point to each side of the cube, you can see that it is now two solid bodies.

6 To close the Data Entry Manager, click Cancel.

That is all that is needed to split a solid body.

This concludes the example.