Split

Purpose:

To separate a panel or group of panels in two by a plane.

Prerequisites:

One or more panels should be active in hull views on the current drawing. If there are no active panels, panel activation is prompted before splitting can commence.

Instruction:

1. In the Planar menu, click Split.

2. Indicate a line signifying the plane to use for splitting the panels.

3. A form will be displayed requiring new names to be provided for the panels that will be created after the split. The form also provides the facility to create Pipe panels from non-reflected panels and vice-versa.

Options:

‘Options’ may be selected when prompted to indicate a line, offering a menu from which to choose the splitting method. Panels may be split by picking an existing line in the view, by defining a co-ordinate value along the X,Y or Z axis or by selecting an intersecting panel.

Result:

Two new panels are created with new schemes. The old panel is discarded from the data bank. If an intersecting panel was used to split the active panel, the thickness of the intersecting panel is considered when creating the new panels.