You can select:

  • The faces may or may not be adjacent. The selected faces must belong to the same solid.

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

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

If the we display a preview of the bodies being created with a gradient of colors (caution: checking this option may slow down calculation time).


 


The final result is displayed in the FeatureManager.


 


  • Let there be adjacent edges belonging to the same solid. The selected edges must form a closed loop. In the case of a surface solid, they must form a closed loop that includes the outer free edges of the surface (without necessarily having to select them).

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

Examples of different edge selection scenarios:


 


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


  


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


 


You can thus split a volumetric body or a surface body into two separate bodies by selecting either:

  • A set of contiguous faces that divides the body into two parts.
  • A set of contiguous edges that divide the body into two parts.