Split

Divides NURBS into parts using other objects as cutters.

Steps:

  1. Select objects.

    You can select multiple objects to split with multiple objects.

  2. Select the cutting objects.

  3. Press Enter to end the command.

Notes

Options

Point

Pick locations on the curve.

Isocurve

Split an object by its own isoparametric curves. This option only appears when a single surface is selected.

Note: Use the Int object snap for snapping to isoparametric curves intersections.

Options

Direction

U

Splits a surface with isoparametric curves in the surface u-direction.

V

Splits a surface with isoparametric curves in the surface v-direction.

Both

Splits a surface with isoparametric curves in both u- and v-directions.

Toggle

Toggles the direction between u and v.

Shrink

Yes

Shrinks the underlying untrimmed surface close to the trimming boundaries similar to the ShrinkTrimmedSrf command.

No

Does not shrink the underlying untrimmed surface.

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Main2 > Split

Geometry Fix > Split

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Edit > Split

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Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl + Shift + S

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SplitFace

Divides a planar face of a polysurface with line or an existing curve.

Steps:

  1. Select faces.

  2. Pick the start of a line defines the split edge.

  3. Pick the end point  of the line that defines split edge.

Options

Curves

Select an existing curve to use as the cutting object.

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Solid Editing > Split planar face

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Solid > Solid Edit Tools > Faces > Split Face

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MeshSplit

Divides meshes into parts with another object.

Steps:

  1. Select objects to split.

  2. Select cutting objects.

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Mesh > Mesh Split

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Mesh > Mesh Edit Tools > Mesh Split

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SplitMeshWithCurve

Pulls a selected curve to a mesh object and uses the curve to divide the mesh.

Steps:

  1. Select a mesh.

  2. Select a cutting curve.

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