Edges repetition

This command allows you to create parting edges from a repetition of a parting edges selection, parting edges created before.

Creation stages / Use:

Click the icon from the Parting edges... command and choose the Edges repetition command.

This command is not an associative one, it is an aid to selection.

Available options:

Edges to repeat : It allows you the select the parting edges to repeat on the shape to split. A selection filter allows you to select only parting edges, it facilitate the multi-selection by bounding box.
Pattern: It is possible to select an existing one in the document, or create a new Pattern with the button .
Imprint : If the edges corresponding to the intersection between the shape to split and the selected parting surfaces do not exist on the part, this option allows you to create them automatically with an imprint operation.

Detection tolerance : Following the part geometry, it could be useful to modify the detection tolerance, in order to help the software to find the parting edges on the part.

Modifications / Additional information:

The edges to repeat can be chosen on the same shape to split, or on another one in the document.
The detected edges with this command are automatically added to the selected edges list in the Parting edges command. This is a pre-selection, it still possible to add or remove other edges, selected directly on the shape to split.