Continue to Site

Eng-Tips is the largest engineering community on the Internet

Intelligent Work Forums for Engineering Professionals

  • Congratulations KootK on being selected by the Eng-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!

Need help with Boolean command

Status
Not open for further replies.

JimDraw

Mechanical
May 16, 2007
1
Amateur here needs help using the Boolean command. I have Solid Edge version 11 and have followed the very brief instructions in the users guide, but I cant seem to get it to work per the guide...Can someone please give me instructions on how to use this command, using a simple part etc....maybe I am missng a step.
thanks in advance
 
Replies continue below

Recommended for you

Hi,

V11 is a little old but --

Boolean can be used:
-- to cut away part of a model by using a reference plane
by using boolean function Subtract which will become
automatically selected when using Plane in the pulldown.

-- to have one part subtracted from/ united with /intersect with
another part. The second part must be construction part.
When you have modeled say a cube and the insert a different
part into the active session that one will usually be a construction
part with no volume (only surfaces)
That part can now be used with a boolean operation.

I don't now whether V11 also has surface features. If so you can
construct a surface model in addition to the 'real' model (a volume)
This can be used then in a boolean operation as well

HTH

dy
 
To elaborate on point 2 of dy's, the second part must be a CONSTRUCTION PART, also known as a construction body and it gets imported into the current part by use of insert part copy or inter-part copy.

Depending on your CAD background, some CAD packages use the term Boolean Substract to perform the same function as an Extruded Cut in SE. Be sure you really want a Boolean feature and not just a parametric Cut feature.

--Scott

 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Part and Inventory Search

Sponsor