Trim/break

Altair Forum User

Hi,

I cannot find the trim/break tool for curves, a search has produced sketch mode trim and break tools but I do not have that icon anywhere?

Mario_21478

Hi,

 

try to use the 'Intersect Curve' or 'Break Curve' tools (see attached picture, pressed button at Curves).

 

Best regards,

Mario

 

 

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Altair Forum User

Thanks Mario,

 

I looked online and came across the trim/break sketch tool that had a broken line with a red X so I was looking for that tool, it must have been the old way?

ArjunA_22390

Hi Dtech,

The tool you are looking for is 'Divide Curve'. The break curve tool is no longer available.  

The Intersect tool is a hybrid tool that can be used to intersect two cuves or use a tool curve to intersect a target curve.

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Altair Forum User

Thank you Arjun.

Altair Forum User

Hello.  My name is Kevin and am new to EVOLVE.  As with all software, there's a learning curve and especially having used other CAD tools in the past , one sometimes tries to associate what they've learning in other programs to the current one; in this case, EVOLVE.

I'm attempting to simply 'Trim' a solid object with a single 2D surface plane bisecting the object I want to trim.  I'm assuming I use the Boolean Subtract for this purpose and it almost works, however, I can't seem to control which side of the 'cutting plane' the subtraction happens on.  It ALWAYS subtracts from the same side.  Is there a way to tell EVOLVE which side of the cutting plane needs to be subtracted?  Or am I using the wrong tool?  If so, which one do I use in order to accomplish this function?

Thanks in advance!

Darren Chilton_21533

Since you have one object that is a solid and the other is a surface the best tool to use would be the Intersect tool.