Need help with Boolean command

[JimDraw]

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

 

[donyoung]

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

 

[swertel]

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

http://wertel.eng.pro