CAD_e_shack Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 I spend a lot of time copy/pasting solid objects on top of themselves so that I can subtract them from another solid. Is there a way to subtract a solid from another without losing the original? Or are there other more efficient ways of doing this operation? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 The old school way: save a copy on another layer that is normally kept frozen. Doesn't figure into any regens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAD_e_shack Posted February 25, 2009 Author Share Posted February 25, 2009 thanks for the info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuccaro Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Enter DELOBJ in the command line. When prompted for the new value, enter 0 -this should take you where you wish. Also there is a command called INTERFERE -it can be used to create the intersection of two or more solids, also without deleting them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M76 Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 I've set delobj to 0 and subtract still erases the original with regions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 DELOBJ needs to be either 1 or 2 not 0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Is there a way to subtract a solid from another without losing the original? Or are there other more efficient ways of doing this operation? Autodesk Inventor. Modern 3D programs like Inventor allows you to choose to Union, Cut or Intersect and elect to keep the original toolbody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Cad-e: AutoCAD 2005 to Inventor 2011. Man, that is going to be some shock. And I'm not just talking sticker shock. I don't suppose you're a student are you? What kind of work do you do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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