Split / Copy Facets : Options and Results

Access: Open this function from one of the following locations:

  • Select Mesh > Mending Operations > Split/Copy Facets from the menu bar.

  • Select Split/Copy Facets from the Mesh Guide Toolbar.

  • Select Split/Copy Facets on the popup menu if a mesh geometry is selected.

Split an existing mesh object into separate objects or create a new mesh object from a selection of existing facets.

Required Step 1

Pick facets from a mesh object.

See Facet Selection for a description of the various facet selection options.

 
       
       
 

 
     
     

Selection Only:
Facet selection options:

  

Split & Select:
Facet selection options:

 

Parameters:

Selection Only /
Split & Select

This is a toggle option Selection Only / Split & Selection. When switching from the Selection Only to Split & Selection option, all selections are kept.

See Facet Selection for a description of the various facet selection options.

 

Selection Only

Pick whole facets individually or by dragging a selection boundary, such that for any partial facet within the enclosed boundary, the whole facet is selected.
Example:

Select by Polygon :

Multiple facets selected:

 

Split & Select

Pick facets by dragging a selection boundary, such that geometry within the enclosed boundary is selected. If any part of a facet is within the enclosed selection boundary, that facet is split and the facet area within the boundary is selected.

Example:

Select by Polygon :

Multiple facets split and selected:

 

Copy Facets to New Object /
Split Existing Mesh

 

This is a toggle option Copy Facets to New Object / Split Existing Mesh:

Copy Facets to New Object

 

Create a new mesh object out of the selected facets.
This option is the default and grayed out if the Selection Only option is selected above.

Split Existing Mesh

 

Split the mesh object into separate mesh objects (according to the selected facets).

Keep Original / Remove Original

 

Toggle option to either keep or remove the original geometry.

Keep Original

 

Keep the original geometry.

The original facets will be kept.

This is the default option.
When the Split Existing Mesh option is used, Keep Original is the only option available and is displayed dimmed.

Remove Original

 

Remove the original geometry.

The original facets will be removed.

Press OK or Apply in the Feature Guide.

When completed, the Split Mesh feature will appear in the Feature Tree as follows:

Some functionality may be dependent on the product package. Contact your Reseller if you require a license.