About the Intersect User Interface
The
Intersect tab consists of commands, tabs, and shortcut menus. Select the first intersection reference, and then click
Model >
Intersect to open the
Intersect tab.
Commands
• Surfaces collector—Displays surfaces or datum planes to intersect.
• Second sketch collector—Displays a sketch to intersect.
Tabs
• References
You must select Solid Geometry in the smart filter to intersect all solid geometry with a datum plane, quilt, or specific surfaces of a quilt.
◦ Surfaces collector—Displays surfaces or datum planes to intersect. To produce a curve, the surfaces must come from two different quilts that are intersecting, a quilt and a solid, or a datum plane with surfaces from a quilt or solid.
◦ First sketch collector and Second sketch collector—Displays a sketch to intersect.
▪ Define—Opens Sketcher so you can create a sketch.
▪ Edit—Opens Sketcher so you can edit a sketch.
▪ Unlink—Breaks the association with the sketch and makes a copy as an internal sketch.
• Properties
◦ Name box—Sets a name for a feature.
◦ 
—Displays detailed component information in a browser.
Shortcut Menus
Right-click the graphics window to access shortcut menu commands.
• Select First Sketch—Activates the First sketch collector.
• Select Second Sketch—Activates the Second sketch collector.
• Define Internal Sketch—Opens Sketcher so you can create a sketch.
• Clear—Clears the selected collector.