Command Help

break-string-with-string

break-string-with-string

See this command in the command table.

To access this command:

  • Solids ribbon >> Tools >> Break >> With String.

  • Draw (Features) ribbon >> Edit >> Break >> With String.

  • Using the command line, enter "break-string-with-string"

  • Display the Find Command screen, locate break-string-with-string and click Run.

Command Overview

Break a string where it is crossed by another selected control string.

All string fragments created with this command stay within the original object.

Command steps:

  1. Run the command.

    If a string is already selected, it becomes the 'control' string that will be used to perform the 'cutting'. If no string is selected, you are asked to select a control string.

  2. Select the string that you wish to break. In the following example, the red string will be cut by the blue string - the control string:

    After the break - note the additional vertices introduced at the intersection points:

  3. Complete the command by double-clicking or tapping anywhere in a 3D window.

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