SPLIT

Purpose:

This function is used to reorganize the structure of the drawing. In this operation, the contents of a given subpicture may be divided in two parts, each part below a separate owner (by moving one part to a new owner). After giving the subpicture to split, the information to move to a separate owner can be collected by:

• Subordinate elements, picked one by one or all captured inside a user-given rectangle/polygon. A subordinate is an element one level below the split subpicture (for example, if the split subpicture is a view, the subordinate level is sub-view)

• Geometry elements, picked one by one or all captured inside a user-given rectangle/polygon/general area.

Instructions:

1. In the Tools menu, click Subpicture, then Split.

2. The first step is to indicate the subpicture to split (view, subview or component). By clicking the Options button, the Confirm Split operation flag is switched (if confirm is on, the user must confirm the collected parts to regroup, see below).

3. Next, the different ways how to collect the information to move are now presented in a multiple choice dialog as:

   1. Auto
      Move each subordinate to a separate owner.

   2. Subordinate
      Picked one by one or captured inside a rectangle/polygon

   3. Geometry
      Picked one by one

   4. Polygon (CUT/NOCUT)
      All geometry captured inside a rectangle or polygon

   5. Area (CUT/NOCUT)
      All geometry captured inside a general area

   6. Set (CUT/NOCUT)
      Switch ‘scissors’ mode for geometry capturing

      When explicitly picking entities (choice a or b), Operation Complete completes the selection.

4. When the user is requested to pick a subordinate (choice b), when splitting a view or subview, it is possible to capture all subpictures totally inside a user-defined rectangle/polygon by clicking the Options button. The captured subpictures will then be added to the already collected ones and the selection phase is completed.

5. When collecting geometry (choice c, d or e) it is possible to specify what kind of geometry to treat: click Options when picking geometry (choice c) or click Operation Complete when capturing geometry (choice d or e).

   The ‘scissors’ mode is used when capturing geometry (choice d or e). NOCUT mode means that only geometric entities completely inside the user-defined boundary will be collected, while CUT means that also geometries intersected by the boundary will be considered; the parts inside the boundary will then be added to the collection.

6. In case the Confirm Split operation is on, the resulting selection must be confirmed by the user before the split operation is carried out, however, the Auto choice never asks for confirmation).

Options:

None.

Result:

Collected parts of a given subpicture in the drawing will be regrouped below a new owner.