Cut 3D objects (easy newbie question!)

[Amber-Lynn Lootens 0]

Hello! 

 

I would like to cut this cilinder with these two 3D plates. I don't seem to find how. 

[Amber-Lynn Lootens 0]

Hello! 

 

I would like to cut this cilinder with these two 3D plates. I don't seem to find how. 

 

Thank you !! 

[Pat Stanford 1,425]

Unless there is a reason you need to use two plates, you will find it much easier to create a single solid object that has the same dimensions and then user Subtract Solids.

 

Take the Vertical plate (or a rectangle/polygon of the same dimensions) and extrude it by the shorter dimension of the horizontal plate. Select the extrusion and the cylinder and subtract solids.

 

I have combined this post with the one you originally put in Troubleshooting.

[Amber-Lynn Lootens 0]

Hello!

 

Thank you for your response ! 

 

Indeed I did it this way now. But I was wondering if it's an option to really cut a 3D object without losing the other piece everytime... 

 

 

[Pat Stanford 1,425]

You mean like this?

 

 

I extruded the vertical and horizontal plane each by 4" (cylinder is 14' tall) and then Add Solid to make the two planes into a single object. I then selected the cutting object and the cylinder and did Subtract Solids.

 

But the resulting "cylinder" is a single object. You can't select the slice and move it separately.

 

HTH

[markdd 695]

If the two plates are one object, then you can use the Stitch and Trim command from the 3D Powerpack menu. Works a treat. However, you will lose the cutting object.

 

 

If you want to retain the cutting object then use the Section Solid command.. Just done it here and it works fine.

Edited November 12, 2020 by markdd