You can select :

  • Either contiguous or non-contiguous faces. The selected faces must belong to the same body.

To select faces you have to activate the filter    (selection ON),    (OFF selection).

In the image above we have selected 6 faces of the surface body to obtain 4 distinct surface bodies.

If you check the option    we display the preview of the bodies in creation with a gradient of  colors   (be careful, checking this option may slow down the calculation time).


 


The final result is reported in the FeatureManager.


 


  • Let the edges be contiguous and belong to the same body. The selected edges must form a closed loop. In the case of a surface body, they must form a closed loop by including the external free edges of the surface (without being obliged to select them).

To select edges, activate the filter  (selection ON), (OFF selection).

Examples of different cases of edge selections:


 


If the selection of edges does not form a closed loop and there are no free edges that can close this loop, a message indicates that no body can be created.


  


If the selected edges are contiguous with free edges, then a solution is found and the body can be created.


 


We can thus separate a volumetric body or a surface body into two distinct bodies by selecting either :

  • A set of contiguous faces separating the body into two parts.
  • A set of contiguous edges separating the body into two parts.