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      <div class="title_topic4" id="xps10_pagetitle">Boolean</div>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">Boolean commands are found in the <b class="uiTerm">Combine Bodies</b> menu.
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            <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Combine Bodies</b> &rarr; 
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Unite</b></p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Subtract</b></p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Intersect</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Some commands, such as <b class="uiTerm">Extrude</b>, also include a <b class="uiTerm">Create</b> option.
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">Boolean operations work on bodies within the same .prt file. You are prompted to select a &ldquo;target body&rdquo; and one or more &ldquo;tool bodies.&rdquo;</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/06qt_surface_5.html');return(false);">Working with sheet bodies</a></p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Design &rarr; Modeling &rarr;  Creating Objects from the Insert Menu
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         <dt><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap729"></a><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap730"></a><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap731"></a><p class="defObject"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/ideas_rule.gif" border="0"> <br><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_mm_plane_cut.gif" border="0"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_mm_partition.gif" border="0"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_mm_split_surf.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Plane Cut</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Partition</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Split Surface</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">To perform the equivalent of a <b class="uiTerm">Plane Cut</b>, use the <b class="uiTerm">Trim</b> command and trim with a datum plane.
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_trim_body.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Trim Body</b></p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Trim</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Trim Body</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">NX does not have the same concept of partition, since each solid body will be a manifold solid. If you do not need part history, you can use the <b class="uiTerm">Split</b> command to divide a solid into two solid bodies.
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Trim</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Split</b></p>
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                        <p class="para_warning_body">Split is not recommended, since it deletes the history. To keep both regions with history, extract the solid body and trim keeping one side. Trim the original body keeping the other side.</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Design &rarr; Modeling &rarr; Creating Objects from the Insert Menu
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