Splitting surfaces

[S/X]

Just a quick question about surfacing. Is there a way to split a surface in to two surfaces? I need to rotate a part of this surface but the other part of it has to stay where it is. Any help would be very much appreciated

[Thad]

Not that I'm aware of, but I'm far from a surfacing expert.

 

Thad

[TREV]

good morning,

how about create-curve-project. project a curve onto your surf then modify-trim -surf-to curve.make sure you toggle to keep both.

hth,

trevor

[Zero]

Yes, there are a couple of ways to do that. You can Modify/Trim/Surface/Split, and then drag the arrow to where you want the surface split ( I don't like this way because it's strickly dynamic and auto cursor doesn't work when picking where to split, which makes accurate splitting impossible). Or when trimming a surface to either surfaces, planes or curves, you can go into Options and set it to keep the original, trim your surface to one side, go into options again, set it to delete and trim the original surface to the oposite side of your surface/curve/plane.

 

It would be nice if MC could throw in a split option in the trim options dialog.

 

[ 01-20-2004, 09:44 AM: Message edited by: Zero ]

[Travis_Buchanan]

How about x-form translate (surface) orgin to orgin. Change color of one. Trim each one where you want. Alt-e to (hide/unhide) is real handy here.

[S/X]

Zero

 

Both of your ways worked great, thank-you very much. Thank-you to everyone for your input, much obliged

[Tony]

Create /curve/ flowline /Number/ 3

Is how I automaticly get a Center cutter path for Runners

 

[ 01-20-2004, 10:31 AM: Message edited by: Tony ]

[Anbu Lingappan - Moldplus SA]

Hi

 

You could also use the Moldplus trimming and untrimming tools for surfaces.

 

Will allow you to trim trimmed-surfaces also without a problem.

 

Simply create a curve representing the trimming boundary and then use the Zone Split option to keep both sides or the Zone Delete option to keep only the side you want.

 

Regards

 

Anbu

[crazy^millman]

Mold Plus Works great when splitting the inside and outside of a part you are machining.

 

Crazy Millman

[Müřlıń®]

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Modify/Trim/Surface/Split

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kool......I missed that one.......

 

Your right...it was buried pretty deep

 

Murlin

[Jean-Simon]

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[Thad]

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