More about an Intersection

The Intersect command lets you compute the intersection of the shape you define with the features you want to modify.

This page provides reference information on an Intersection.

A following is discussed:

Related Topics
Creating an Intersection
Using the Display Only Parents Option to Retrieve a Creation Context

Wall Area

The Wall option lets you set if, or how, the Intersect Feature command creates walls along the intersecting surface. To define a wall, you can set one of the options available from the drop down list:


  • Use body thickness: the wall thickness is that of the active shelled body thickness.
  • Enter thickness: simply enter the value you want. After this option is selected, the value box becomes available. Wall thickness values can only by positive values.
  • Use feature thickness: the wall thickness will be the same thickness as the target feature.

    However, if the target feature has no thickness parameter in its definition (for example if the target feature is an external feature), the Intersect Feature capability assigns the thickness value defined in Shell Properties to the wall. If this behavior does not meet your needs, you still can:

    1) Set the thickness value to 0mm in Shell Properties before running Intersect Feature.

    Or:

    2) In the Intersect Feature dialog box, use Enter thickness and assign the value you need.