Use the Imprint tool to imprint points, nodes, lines, or
surface onto target surfaces, thus creating new fixed points or edges.
Imprinting points on lines or surfaces creates geometry vertices similar to using the
Split: Interactive tool. Imprinting surfaces onto
surfaces imprints all of the source surfaces' edges onto the target surfaces.
The imprint direction is always normal to targets.
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From the Geometry ribbon, click the Imprint tool.
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Select imprint targets.
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On the guide bar, activate the
Target selector. If the source geometry is
points, select whether to imprint onto lines or surfaces using the
drop-down menu.
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Make your selection in the modeling window.
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Select source geometry to imprint.
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On the guide bar, activate the
Source and select whether to imprint lines,
nodes, points, or surfaces using the drop down menu.
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Make your selection in the modeling window.
- Optional:
On the guide bar, click
to define imprint options.
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Click Imprint.
The selected surfaces are split. Lines are projected along the normal direction of
the selected surfaces.
Tip:
- Split multiple surfaces with multiple lines at once.
- Use the Split: Interactive tool to untrim previously
imprinted surfaces.
- Use the Stitch tool to suppress imprinted
edges.