Intersect Solids

Use the Boolean: Intersect tool to retain only the intersecting portions of two sets of solids.

When you select the Boolean: Intersect tool, a guide bar appears that allows you to select two sets of entities. The first set of entities selected are called targets, and the second set of entities are called tools. In order to produce a meaningful result, the two sets of entities must intersect.

  1. From the Geometry ribbon, click the Boolean > Intersect tool.


    Figure 1.
  2. Select targets.
    1. Verify that the Target selector is active on the guide bar.
    2. Select solid entities to use as targets.
  3. Select tools.
    1. Click the Tool selector on the guide bar.
    2. Select solid entities to use as tools.
  4. On the guide bar, click Intersect.




    Figure 2.

Boolean: Intersect Tool

An overview of the Boolean: Intersect tool.



Figure 3.

Use the Boolean: Intersect tool to retain only the intersecting portions of two sets of solids.

Access
Go to Geometry > Boolean > Intersect.

Options

Keep targets
Keep the selected targets. If this option is not active, the selected target will be removed after subtraction.
Keep tool
Keep the selected tool. If this option is not active, the selected tool will be removed after subtraction.
Use Parasolid
Parasolid geometrical kernel is used for executing the operation.