SLICE command

Splits 3D solids and surfaces into two or more entities along a plane.

BricsCAD Shape; BricsCAD Pro; BricsCAD Mechanical; BricsCAD BIM

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Alias: SL

Method

Select one or more 3D solids or surfaces to slice.

Specify the first (1) and the second (2) point on slicing plane. Then, specify a point (3) on the side of the entity you want to keep or choose to keep both. A dotted line from the first point is displayed to easily visualize the cutting plane. The section plane is perpendicular to the XY-plane of the World coordinate system (WCS).

Note:
  • Ensure that the Select faces option of the SELECTIONMODES system variable is enabled to be able to use a planar 3D solid as the slicing plane.
  • When the ORTHOMODE system variable is On, you can create straight cutting planes.
  • The sliced entities can be manipulated as independent entities.
  • This command does not work with 2D regions.

Options within the command

Object
Slices solids and surfaces with an intersecting entity (circle, ellipse, arc, 2D-spline, 2D-polyline, planar 3d Solid face, planar Surface face, or planar region). The entity defines the plane that slices the 3D selected entities.
Surface
Slices solids and surfaces with a surface.
Zaxis
Slices solids and surfaces with a plane perpendicular with a line defined by one point on the plane (1), and a second point on the plane's normal axis (z axis) (2).
View
Slices solids and surfaces with a plane defined by the current 3D viewpoint.

The section plane is perpendicular to the view direction and passes through the picked point.

XY
Slices solids and surfaces with a plane parallel to the XY-plane of the current coordinate system.
YZ
Slices solids and surfaces with a plane parallel to the YZ-plane of the current coordinate system.
ZX
Slices solids and surfaces with a plane parallel to the ZX-plane of the current coordinate system.
Line-point
Slices solids and surfaces with a plane defined by a linear entity (1) and a point (2).
3points
Slices solids and surfaces with a plane defined by three points.
Multislice
Slices solids and surfaces in more than one piece using a face and specifying the distance between slices.
Both
Retains both parts.