Hi guys, I am currently working with microstation connect and windows 10.1 pro. I need your advice for something that I would like to do and I don t know yet how to do it.
basically I am working on a 2d dgn, and I have 2 issues
1st : I have a square surface from which I would like to remove another surface in this example a circle but it is gonna be a polygone surface in my project.
2nd: I need to split this surface so the square minus the circle into 8 "sub" surfaces in order to create a gml of less than 15sq meters which is necessary for a side app which need a surface of less than 15sq to work.
If you guys have ideas and willing to share these, I am all ears.
thanks anyways.
No problem, happy to help.
Brilliant, Barry, you ve just made my day. The explanation is crystal clear and the gif is just the cherry on the top.
many thanks Barry
There are a number of different ways to do it, using Create Region once again is likely the simplest:
Here I draw 6 lines equally spaced apart; 6 because I know it will result in 8 pieces due to the size of the circle but you need to work out how your splits need to be configured. Once I did that, I locked the lines and the group hole element. Then I activate Create Region again and enable Keep Original so that my new smaller regions will not be deleted by another new region which shares a boundary. Once I have created the individual regions, I unlock all and delete the lines and the original grouped hole element.
Other ways to do it:
This is great I solved my first issue, tank you very much for your time, Barry you rock!!
Do you have any lead for the second part of my problem?
Thanks anyway
Ok using a simple example:
This is the Create Region tool in action. With the visible settings, you can see it has created a grouped hole element with the circle removed from the square. We can now chop this up into smaller pieces with further steps.