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Direct Editing: Split

Direct Editing: Split - SOLIDWORKS Tutorial

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Direct Editing: Split

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- [Instructor] In this example, we're going to be taking a look at the Split command under the Direct editing toolbar. So first things first, go over to the Direct editing toolbar and here's the command we're going to be using. And I'm going to be using this sketch, sketch number two, to cut this body into two pieces. So the first thing is to go ahead and activate the tool. Now my Trim tool here is going to be that sketch. So go ahead and choose sketch number two right there and then go ahead and cut that part. So click on that. It's going to cut that part into those two pieces using that sketch. Now, it doesn't have to be a sketch. It can also be some type of a surface, but right now, the sketch works just fine. Those are the two bodies we want to keep. You can rename them if you'd like to down here. You can also choose the template for saving them out if you want to, but all we really need to do is to just go ahead and click on the green check mark, and now we have two independent…

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