Slice
Works with Bricscad (Windows) Pro and Platinum,
Bricscad (Linux) Pro
Cuts a 3D solid with a plane; the result is a 3D solid cut in
two.
Accessing the Command
command bar: slice
alias: sl
menu bar: Draw | 3D Entities |
Slice
toolbar: Solid | 
: slice
Prompts you in the command bar:
Select entities:
(Choose one or more 3D solids.)
Entities in set: 1
Select entities: (Choose more 3D
solids, or press Enter to continue.)
Specify first point on
section plane or Object/Zaxis/View/XY/YZ/ZX:
(Enter an option.)
Specify a point on the current view plane
<0,0,0>: (Pick a point, or enter x,y,z
coordinates.)
Specify a
point on desired side of the plane or Both: (Choose one of the parts; the other one is erased. Or type B
to retain both.)
The sliced
solid can be separated and its two parts manipulated as independent
entities:
Command Options
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Option
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Description
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Select entities
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Specifies the entities that will be sliced.
Choose one or more 3D solids; this command does
not work with 2D regions.
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Specify first point on
section plane
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Specifies the first of three points that define
the slicing plane.
Pick a point or enter x,y,z coordinates;
prompts you:
Specify second point on
plane - pick another point.
Specify third point on
plane - pick a third point.
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Object
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Slices the 3D model
with an entity that intersects the 3D solid; prompts you:
Select a circle, ellipse, arc, 2D-spline, or
2D-polyline - choose an entity.
You can also use
elliptical arcs.
The entity defines
the plane that slices the 3D solid.
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Zaxis
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Slices the 3D model
with a plane defined by one point on the plane, and a second on the
plane's normal (z axis); prompts you:
Specify a point on the section plane - pick a point
to define the location of the section plane.
Specify a point on the Z-axis (normal) of the plane -
pick another point to locate the normal.
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View
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Slices the 3D model
with a plane defined by the current 3D viewpoint; prompts you:
Specify a point on the current view plane - pick a
point to define the height of the plane.
This is probably the
easiest of the options.
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XY
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Slices the 3D model
with a plane parallel to the x,y plane; prompts you:
Specify a point on the XY-plane - pick a point to
define the height of the slicing plane above or below the x,y
plane.
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YZ
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Slices the 3D model
with a plane parallel to the y,z plane; prompts you:
Specify a point on the YZ-plane - pick a point to
define the height of the slicing plane above or below the y,z
plane.
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ZX
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Slices the 3D model
with a plane parallel to the z,x plane; prompts you:
Specify a point on the ZX-plane - pick a point to
define the height of the slicing plane above or below the z,x
plane.
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Specify
a point on desired side of the plane or Both
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Specifies which of the two portions to keep.
Choose one of the parts; the other one is
erased.
Or type B to retain both
parts.
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Related Commands
Interfere - creates 3D volumes
of intersecting 3D solid models.
Intersect - removes volumes not
in common between two solid models.
Region - creates 2D regions from
2D entities.
Section - creates 2D regions from 3D
models.
Subtract - removes one solid model
from a second.
Union - joins two or more solid
models into a single entity.
XIntersect - Performs Boolean
intersection operations on Acis solids and X-Solids; removes all
but common portions.
XSlice - Cuts an ACIS solid or an
X-solid with a plane; the result is a 3D solid cut in two. You can
choose whether to keep both parts or just one.
XSubtract - Performs Boolean
subtraction operations on Acis solids and X-Solids; removes one
from the other.
XUnion - Performs Boolean union
operations on Acis solids and X-Solids; adds one to another to form
a single entity.
XCut - Trims or cuts ACIS solids and
X-Solids using 2D profiles as cutting tools.
XPunch - Cuts ACIS solids and
X-Solids using 2D profiles as cutting tools.
XTrim - Trims ACIS solids and
X-Solids using 2D profiles as cutting tools.
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