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Divide Truncated Icosahedron

Divide Truncated Icosahedron

Divide Truncated Icosahedron

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I wish to split a truncated icosahedron into two along facet edges.  Please see attached image.  
Is this possible and how would I go about this?

Thanks

RE: Divide Truncated Icosahedron

I hope this makes sense - in an orthogonal view of the model (top/front/right etc) does the split line appear as 1 zig-zag line or can you see the lines at the back.
If it's one set you can include the edges and create a splitting surface that projects through the part.
Alternaively can you offset the whole thing inside or outside. If that works you have 2 sets of edges that can be used to generate surfaces for stitching then splitting.
Another way is to use this model as a master then use part copy to extract the surfaces you require.
 

bc.
2.4GHz Core2 Quad, 4GB RAM,
Quadro FX4600.

RE: Divide Truncated Icosahedron

Hi Alan,
It looks from your picture that the part has thickness.
If this is the case you should be able to create a blue-surf that uses the outside and inside edges as the boundaries. You can then use that as the split surface.
Could you make a parasolid of the part that I can open in V20 and post it here? Parasolid version is 18.

bc.
2.4GHz Core2 Quad, 4GB RAM,
Quadro FX4600.

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