[SOLVED]Slice one body to more parts

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aszodi95
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[SOLVED]Slice one body to more parts

Post by aszodi95 »

Hi,

I'd like to import an STEP file but it will be in FreeCAD only one part/body. I'd like to know that is it possible to cut/slice this part to more parts? Because after in FEM I have to give different materials to the parts.

So for example we have a beam and it is only one part we cut it into pieces and then with boolean fragments we unit them then go to FEM.
But how can I cut it into separated pieces?

Thank you in advance for your help/answer!

EDIT
*If I create every part in the other CAD software and assemble them, then import this asm in step it works fine. But if you know how to separate one part into more please tell me.*

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Last edited by aszodi95 on Fri Jun 29, 2018 9:18 am, edited 2 times in total.
chrisb
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Re: Slice one body to more parts

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Imported Step objects are solids. You can apply e.g. Part Slice to it.
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aszodi95
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Re: Slice one body to more parts

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chrisb wrote: Fri Jun 29, 2018 8:23 am Imported Step objects are solids. You can apply e.g. Part Slice to it.
Thank you!
I already tried with slice but I used datum plane :/ Now with normal plane works :)
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Re: Slice one body to more parts

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aszodi95 wrote: Fri Jun 29, 2018 9:17 am I already tried with slice but I used datum plane :/ Now with normal plane works :)
Good to hear. You can use a CompoundFilter to extract the resulting parts from the slice. I'm afraid there is no documentation until tonight or this weekend.
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