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Summary: Subtract but leave original
Description: Subtract but leave original element that creates the cut. ie a cube has a sphere on one corner. I want to cut the cube with the sphere so one corner is missing. By using this method it would leave the sphere visible so that I don't need to redraw the sphere if I want it as part of the model.
Product and Feature: AutoCAD - 3D
Submitted By: wrmarshall on 01/19/2022
Subtract but leave original
Summary: Subtract but leave original cutting geometry visible
Description: Subtract but leave original element that creates the cut. ie a cube has a sphere on one corner. I want to cut the cube with the sphere so one corner is missing. By using this method it would leave the sphere visible so that I don't need to redraw the sphere if I want it as part of the model.
Product and Feature: AutoCAD - 3D
Submitted By: wrmarshall on 01/19/2022
3D Subtract but leave original
Summary: 3D Subtract but leave original cutting geometry visible
Description: Subtract but leave original element that creates the cut. ie a cube has a sphere on one corner. I want to cut the cube with the sphere so one corner is missing. By using this method it would leave the sphere visible so that I don't need to redraw the sphere if I want it as part of the model.
Product and Feature: AutoCAD - 3D
Submitted By: wrmarshall on 01/19/2022
Agreed that would be a great built-in feature when modeling, I actually forgot that it did this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wish List System
I don't do much AutoCAD 3D modeling,
but what I have done for this problem in the past, is copy-in-place the solid I'm removing, so when done it has cut the object and still had a copy of what you cut with.
I use this down and dirty lisp I wrote a long time ago, to do the copy-in-place (not fancy but it works great)
Code:;;;copies picked objects in place
(defun c:cip (/ ce ss)
(setq ce (getvar "cmdecho"))
(setvar "cmdecho" 0)
(setq ss (ssget))
(command "copy" ss "" "0,0""0,0")
(setvar "cmdecho" ce)
(princ)
)