Boolean subraction?

[Arnoldthepotter]

I've just spent time projecting a curve on the complex surface of a pad, filled it, thickened it and now I want to subtract it from that underlying pad. It seems a boolean operation wont work unless there are two distinct part bodies. How can I separate my 'thicksurface' feature (which is sitting nicely just within the pad) so that I can subtract it?

 

[carg33k]

In Part Design workbench, Insert a PartBody. Reorder your "Thick" surface after this new Part Body. Remove the new PartBody / Thich surface. Depending what children the Thick solid has, it may be necessary to reorder them too, to resolve Update errors.

 

[itsmyjob]

Hello,

Select your ThickSurface, Right clic, Object, Insert in new...

Then select the Assemble boolean operation, Right clic, Object, Change to Remove

Eric N.
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