Cutting Geometry with Solids

You can use solid forms to cut other solids as you do with voids. However, when you use a solid, you remove the overlapping area and the abutting solids remain. Cutting solid geometry with solids is available with the following:

• Form elements
• Forms with divided surfaces
• Forms with geometric combinations
• Family instances inside of the massing editor.

To cut a solid with a solid form

1. Create two adjacent solids.
   

   In this procedure, the solid form being cut has a divided surface to show how the cut is represented.

2. Click Modify tabGeometry panel Cut.
3. Select the solid form to be cut.
   
4. Select the cutting solid form.
   

   The solids cut accordingly and can be edited with form editing tools while maintaining the cut relationship.

   
   Note: When a solid cut geometry mass is imported into a project, you cannot interact with the individual solids. Similarly, if the solid cut geometry had levels applied to it, they will not be recognized in the project environment.