About Boolean Operations
Use Boolean operations to merge, cut out, or intersect components in an assembly. The figure below is a simple assembly.
Merge—Combines 2 or more components into one or more components. You cannot merge the following components:
• Parts intersected by an assembly feature
• Another occurrence of the same component
• A component containing a merge feature from a modified part
• An empty part
Cut—Geometry of one or more components is subtracted from the modified component. The figure below shows the material from the small cube that was cut from the larger cube.
Intersect—Geometry shared by two or more components is kept. The figure below shows the geometry that is shared between the two components.
A Boolean operation results in one or more features in each modified model. When you select multiple modified and/or modifying components, the resulting features are in the order the models appear in the dialog box.
