Part SliceApart
Part SliceApart |
Menu location |
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Part → Split → Slice Apart |
Workbenches |
Part |
Default shortcut |
None |
Introduced in version |
0.18.15506 |
See also |
Part Slice to compound, Part Explode Compound |
Description
Tool to split shapes by intersection with other shapes. For example, for a box and a plane, two solids are created.
On the picture above, the pieces were moved apart manually afterwards, to reveal the slicing.
Slice apart is the same as Part Slice followed by Part Explode Compound. While "Slice to compound" is fully-parametric, and causes no trouble as the number of pieces changes, "Slice apart" will not update the number of objects as the number of pieces changes. They both create Slice parametric feature, that puts the sliced pieces into a compound, but "Slice apart" explodes the resulting compound into separate objects.
The output shape occupies the same space as the original. But it is split where it intersects with other shapes. The split pieces are individual pieces.
Please visit Part Slice page for more info.
Tree structure of Slice Apart
The Slice Apart command creates more than only the sliced object. In the following example a cube is sliced by a face.
The slice is created and for each piece of it there is a Part CompoundFilter created, thus the same slice occurs multiple times below each CompundFilter. All these CompoundFilters are united in a Compound.
Version
Slice Apart was introduced in FreeCAD v0.18.15506. FreeCAD needs to be compiled with OCC 6.9.0 or later; otherwise, the tool is unavailable.
- Primitives: Box, Cylinder, Sphere, Cone, Torus, Tube, Create primitives, Shape builder
- Creation and modification: Extrude, Revolve, Mirror, Fillet, Chamfer, Make face from wires, Ruled Surface, Loft, Sweep, Section, Cross sections, 3D Offset, 2D Offset, Thickness, Projection on surface, Attachment
- Boolean: Make compound, Explode Compound, Compound Filter, Boolean, Cut, Fuse, Common, Connect, Embed, Cutout, Boolean fragments, Slice apart, Slice, XOR
- Measure: Measure Linear, Measure Angular, Measure Refresh, Clear All, Toggle All, Toggle 3D, Toggle Delta
Example: making puzzle
See Part Slice Example Steps 1 to 6
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