SLICE Command

GstarCAD 2027 · Command Reference

Commands > S Command > SLICE

Function Description:

This command is used to create 3D solids or surfaces by slicing or sectioning existing objects.
The cutting plane is defined by 2 or 3 points. Users can save one or two sides of 3D solids. The sliced objects keep their layers and colors properties, but the history of the original objects are lost.
Users can slice 3D solids and surfaces, the cutting plane can be a surface, circle, ellipse, arc or elliptical arc, 2D spline and 3D polyline.

Command Access:

Icon:
Menu: Modify > 3D Operations > Slice

Ribbon: 3D > Solid Editing > Slice

Toolbar: /
Command: SLICE
Alias: SL

Command Prompts:

Select objects to slice:
Specify start point of slice or [planar Object/Surface/Z axis/View/XY/YZ/ZX/3 points] \<3 points>:

Objects to slice

Specifies the 3D solids or surface objects to be sliced. To slice a mesh object, users should convert it to a solid or surface first.

Specify start point of slice

The slicing plane is defined by two points, specifies the start point of slice. The slicing plane is perpendicular to the XY plane of the current UCS.

Specify second point on plane: Specifies the second point to create the slicing plane.

Planar object

Aligns the cutting plane to the specified plane that defined by the selected circle, ellipse, arc, elliptical arc, 2D spline or 2D polyline.

Select a circle, ellipse, arc, 2D-spline, 2D-polyline: Specifies the object to be aligned.

Surface

Aligns the cutting plane to a specified surface.

Select a surface: Specifies a surface to be aligned.
Note: The surface can not be meshes that created by the REVSURF, RULESURF and TABSURF commands.

Z axis

Specifies the cutting plane by one point on the plane and another point on the Z axis, and the slicing plane is perpendicular to the specified plane.

Specify a point on the section plane: Specifies one point on the slicing plane.
Specify a point on the Z-axis (normal) of the plane: Specifies another point on the Z-axis to define the plane perpendicular to the slicing plane.