Use Combine to perform a join, cut, or intersect operation on selected solid bodies.
About the Combine Command
You can select more than one toolbody, or intermediate volume produced when a swept, extruded, or revolved features is created, to use in a combine operation. The most efficient way to position the bodies for the operation is to create them in place. Use feature commands on the Create panel with the New Solid option. You can also import bodies for the operation using the Derived Component command.
If you don’t create the bodies in the required location, use the Move Bodies command to position them before using Combine.
The Combine command acts on the base body. The toolbody performs the action on the base. You can select more than one toolbody to use in a combine operation.
When you combine bodies, the default behavior is to consume the toolbodies and modify the base. If you do not want to consume the solids, choose the option to retain the original toolbodies as separate solids. Retained solids are invisible when you finish the command. If you delete the combine operation, the original solid body is available in the Solid Bodies folder. If you delete a combine operation, enable the visibility of the original bodies in the browser.
About the Split Command
You can also use the Split command to do Face splits on solid and surface bodies, and Part splits on solid bodies.
Use Split to split part faces, trim the entire part and remove one of the resulting sides, or split a solid into two bodies. After you use Split Face, you can apply draft to faces on both sides of the split. You can select 3D curves to split faces.
You can split a part using a work plane, or sketch a parting line on a work plane or part face. The sketched parting line can include lines, arcs, and splines. A surface body is often used as a split tool for the Split Solid command.
You can split all faces in one or several operations, and then use the Face Draft command to apply individual angles of draft to each face.