Cut Operation

Cut Operation

General

In manual detailing, cut operation can be used to cut unwanted area/region to ensure the members is correctly connected.
The "Cut Operation" toolbar are shown as below :

  • Place the mouse cursor over the icon to expose the Tooltip which will contain detail instruction on how to use the function.
  • Right-click on the icon to expose the settings dialog before using it.

Polygon Cut

This command allows user to create cut shape to cut the respective member(s).
When "Polygon Cut" icon is selected, a properties dialogue will appears:

  1. Type of Cut : User may choose to have a "Polygon Cut" or a "Circular Cut". (Cut example shows when curve hover over the icon.)
  2. Depth of Cut : This determine the depth that of the cut. Says if value input is 500, the cut depth will be 1000 (500 dz positive, 500 dz negative) 
  3. Usage : This determine the category label only. Default will be "General" and user may change from the pulldown list.

  4. Exclude From Dimensioning : Check this if you wish to exclude this cut from dimensioning.
  5. Circular Cut Count : This determine the number of side of of polygon. For example, value 3 will have a triangle cut. Therefore to form a circular cut, default is set to 20.
  6. Cut Multiple Objects : This allows to cut on multiple members.
  7. Select Part and Points :  Click this when ready to create the cut. The steps as below:

For Polygon Cut:

  1. Select the member to be cut.
  2. Select point by points to form a polygon shape.
  3. Close the shape by pick the last point to be same as the start point.

For Circular Cut:

  1. Select the member to be cut. (If "Cut Multiple Objects" is checked, left click select member(s) and right click to proceed to next step.
  2. Select start point first.
  3. Second point determine the radius.
  4. third point determine the rotation along Z axis.


Object Cut

This command allows user to cut a member directly using the existing member/element.
This command is only cut the area/region/volume that are overlapping of the selected members. Hence, any region that is not overlapped will remain as it is.

Steps:

  1. Select "Object Cut".
  2. Pick the first member (member to be cut).
  3. Pick the second member (cutting member).
  4. User can choose to press "yes" to delete second member and choose "no" to remain the second member. 

Boundary Cut

This command allows user to cut a member directly using the boundary (ie. surface) of member/element. Hence the region beyond the boundary will be cut away.

Steps:

  1. Select "Boundary Cut".
  2. Pick the first member (member to be cut).
  3. Pick the second member (cutting member).
  4. User can choose to press "yes" to delete second member and choose "no" to remain the second member.


Watch the below video for cutting objects. 



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