About the Split Area User Interface

The Split Area tab consists of commands, tabs, and shortcut menus. To access the Split Area tool, click Sheetmetal > Editing >

Split Area.

Commands

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Projection Direction—Projects the sketch on one side, the other side, or on both sides of the sketching plane.

• Split direction options:

◦

—Creates the split area normal to the driving surface.

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—Creates the split area normal to the offset surface.

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Sketch Direction—Toggles the location of the new surface ID to the area inside or to the area outside of the sketch.

Tabs

• Placement

Use the Placement tab to select a sketch reference to define the split area.

◦ Click Define to open Sketcher to create a sketch.

◦ Click Edit to open Sketcher to edit an existing sketch.

• Properties

Use the Properties tab to display detailed feature information.

◦ Name—Shows a feature name.

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—Shows feature information in a browser.

Shortcut Menus

Right-click the graphics window to access the shortcut commands:

• Define Internal Sketch—Opens Sketcher to create a sketch.

• Edit Internal Sketch—Opens Sketcher to edit an existing sketch.

• Clear—Removes the reference from the active collector.

• Flip Projection Direction—Projects the sketch on one side, the other side, or on both sides of the sketch plane.

• Flip Split Direction—Toggles the location of the new surface ID to the area inside or to the area outside of the sketch.

• Show Section Dimensions—Displays the section dimensions.

• Hide Section Dimensions—Hides the section dimensions.

Right-click the Projection Direction handle to access the shortcut commands:

• Flip—Projects the sketch from one side to the other side of the sketch plane.

• Both Sides—Projects the sketch on both sides of the sketch plane.