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Mesh Booleans for AutoCAD - Mesh boolean modeling plug-in for AutoCAD
Mesh
Booleans for AutoCAD is a mesh boolean modeling plug-in for
AutoCAD®. Mesh Booleans for AutoCAD gives AutoCAD the ability to
perform boolean operations between PolyFace Meshes, Polygon Meshes and
3D Solids or a combination of all.
The geometry of a solid object can be described in AutoCAD as a 3D
Solid, PolyFace Mesh or a Polygon Mesh entity. However, AutoCAD's solid
modeling commands (Union, Subtract and Intersect) work with 3D Solids
only. AutoCAD does not provide any commands to perform boolean
operations on PolyFace Meshes and Polygon Meshes. Mesh Booleans for
AutoCAD removes this limitation by adding new mesh modeling commands
to AutoCAD that give AutoCAD the ability to perform boolean operations
(add, subtract and intersect) between PolyFace Meshes, Polygon Meshes
and 3D Solids or a combination of all.
Mesh Booleans for AutoCAD adds three new modeling commands to
AutoCAD called MBUnion,
MBSubtract and
MBIntersect. These commands work
just like AutoCAD's Union, Subtract and Intersect commands, with a major
difference being that they allow you to select PolyFace Meshes and
Polygon Meshes along with 3D Solids. You can union, subtract or
intersect two meshes, two solids or a mesh and a solid. You can even
carry out boolean operations on sets of meshes and solids at once, just
like AutoCAD's Union, Subtract and Intersect commands.
The result of the boolean operation can be a mesh or a solid, depending
on what you set in the Mesh Booleans for AutoCAD
Options. For
example, it is possible to subtract a mesh from another mesh and have
the plug-in create the resulting object as a solid. The opposite is also
possible. You can intersect a solid with a solid and create a mesh as
the output.
Mesh Booleans for AutoCAD comes with detailed documentation for
each command as well as a set of tutorials to get you started in the
shortest possible time.
If you need any additional information please
contact SYCODE.
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