Limiting objects to a selection

You can use this option to limit the following:

• wireframe objects to a:
  • wireframe object
  • surface
  • mesh.
• surfaces to a:
  • surface
  • mesh.
• solid to a mesh.
• mesh to a:
  • mesh
  • wireframe
  • (surfaces using the Edit tab > Project panel > Pointsoption. The wireframe gets projected through the mesh along the principal plane of the active workplane).
• clouds to a:
  • mesh
  • surface
  • workplane
  • wireframe.
• group of surfaces and solids to a wireframe object.
• objects to a plane.

Use the following technique to limit objects:

1. Select the cutting object.
2. Click Edit tab > Limit panel > Selection to display the Limit selection toolbar:

   

3. Use the following options on the toolbar to limit a selection of objects to the cutting object:
   • Keep original
   • Cutting object deselected/selected.
   • Cutting object unlocked/locked.
   • Create and use polygon as cutter.
   • Create and use composite curve as cutter.
   • Keep both.
   • Trim both.
   • Next solution.
   • Limit selection flyout. Repeatedly clicking on this button cycles through the following limit selection modes:

     Limit selection.

     Project along the axis normal to the principal plane.

     Project along the axis normal to the view.

     Project along surface normal.

     Limit surface to a curve.

4. Select the object to limit.