Geometry Tools: Split Face by Plane

Description

Splits selected faces on a plane defined by a UCS and a single point, or by three points.

A one-point UCS plane may use 0 as the point, which places the plane at the origin of the selected UCS.

Dialog

Coordinate System

Coordinate system (UCS) used to define the cutting plane.

Only Cartesian planes may be selected.

Plane

Defines the cutting plane.  Two options are available:

• XY / YZ / ZX

  Cutting plane passes through point P1 and is parallel to a principal plane of the selected UCS.

  If P1=0 the plane passes through the origin of the selected UCS.

• 3 Points

  Cutting plane passes through three points P1, P2 and P3. All three must be non-zero

P1 / P2 / P3

Points used to define the position of the cutting plane.

Create Cut Faces

When set, additional faces are created on the cutting plane to fill any closed sequence of cut edges.

Count specifies the number of faces to generate, which may be one or two. Setting count to two creates duplicate overlapping faces with opposing normals, which facilitates the definition of two connected solid parts.

Repeat

Specifies the number of parallel splits to make. The direction and distance between splits is specified using Increment.

Increment

Distance between repeated splits. A positive increment is in the direction of the 3 axis of the cutting plane, as defined using the right hand rule.

Common Controls

• Keep Selection
• Point selection

See Also

• Geometry Tools: Split Face by Vertices