The following options are available for the Combine tool.
Select one or more of these options from the Options docking panel, or right-click
and select them from the mini-toolbar:
Make solids
Solids are made when possible where the target and cutter objects
intersect. When you select this option, you can choose any of the
following:
Merge when done: Select this option
to merge all newly-created, touching solids or surfaces when
you exit the Combine tool. You can also click white space
anywhere in the Design window to complete the merge. Hidden
objects are not merged. This saves you the extra step of
selecting all the cut-up regions after you are done with a
complicated slice-and-dice session, and manually merging
them all back together.
Keep cutter: SpaceClaim assumes that you created a cutter
object to be used only for cutting. If you want to keep the
cutting surface in your design, select this option. If this
option is not selected, then the cutting surface is
automatically deleted as soon as you select it (that is cutter
objects are normally used up unless you select this option). A
kept cutter can be a surface or solid, but either way only the
regions of the target can be removed.
If you are splitting
surfaces, check this option to prevent the cutter object from
being split by the target object.
This option is
automatically selected if the cutter object is locked.
Make all regions: Select this
option to cut the target object with the cutter object
and the cutter object with the target object. Target and
cutter must be the same type of object, either both
solids or both surfaces. Because this option can create
a large number of regions, it can be helpful to use this
option along with the Merge When
Done option to quickly merge all
remaining regions when you click another tool or press
Enter to finish using
Combine.
Make curves
Select this option to make 3D curves where the target and cutter
object intersect. The curves are created in the active part, rather
than the part that the first body belongs to.
Imprint curves: Select this option to
create edges at intersections instead of creating 3D curves.
You will not be able to preview regions for deletion. As
soon as a region is selected for deletion, this option is
disabled. The edges are created on the first body you
select.
Extend intersections
Extend intersections: Select this option
to extend the intersection of partially intersecting surfaces so the
underlying surface is completely split.
