Intersect Mode

Modeling: ToolsBooleanInsert

To intersect two shapes means that you create a new shape that contains the volume that both shapes have in common.

In this mode, you may interactively intersect two shapes by selecting the first one, then clicking the intersect button, selecting the second shape and pressing the RETURN key. It is also possible to intersect multiple shapes. Therefore, it is necessary to push the CTRL key during the selection of the other shapes.

You may change the view at any time by using the standard view changing options.

Steps

Select the first shape by double-clicking it or by selecting its entry in the navigation tree.
Click on the Modeling: ToolsBooleanAdd () button.
Select the shape you want to intersect with by double-clicking it or by selecting its entry in the navigation tree.
Press RETURN.

Note

To intersect more than one shape from another, hold the CTRL key during the selection of the other shapes. To select all navigation tree entries from one position to an other, push the SHIFT key during selection.

Cancel

You may cancel this mode at any step using ESC.

Example

The two shapes below will be intersected. It is arbitrary which shape you select first.

$image\booleantwoshapes.gif$

The result of the operation will be a shape like this:

$image\booleanintersect.gif$

Intersect Mode

Modeling: ToolsBooleanInsert

To intersect two shapes means that you create a new shape that contains the volume that both shapes have in common.

You may change the view at any time by using the standard view changing options.

Modeling: ToolsBooleanInsert