Splitting a surface along a silhouette

To split a surface along a silhouette using the Split with Silhouette command, you can proceed as described below (please note that you can accomplish this task by loading file "SplitWithSilhouette.e3").

1	After starting the command, select the surface and end selection.
2	In the Sight Mode drop-down list, select Parallel direction.
3	In the Parallel direction drop-down list, select Line and then click on the X axis of the Work Plane to choose the corresponding direction.
4	The High quality splitting curves check box enables you to choose the type of curves to be used to split the selected surfaces: When the check box is selected, the curves used to split the selected surfaces will be the curves that would be generated in the Silhouette option of the Light Contour Curve command with the Insert Curve on Surface check box selected (the accuracy of which is higher). For details, see "Curves On Surfaces". When the check box is cleared, the curves used to split the selected surfaces are ordinary silhouettes.
5	Select the Preview button ( ) to get a preview of the result.
6	Click or to confirm your selections and split the surface. As you can see, the color differentiation has been applied according to the color settings available under More Options. By checking the Output on different layers box, you also might have differentiated the output layer for each of the parts the original surface has been split into ( Cavity surface color, Core surface color, Parallel surface color: in each drop-down list you can either choose an existing layer or type in the name of a new one to create it).