Imprint Surfaces

Use the Imprint tool to imprint lines onto surfaces, surfaces onto surfaces, or points onto lines or surfaces.

Imprinting points on lines or surfaces creates geometry vertices similar to using the Split tool. Imprinting surfaces on surfaces imprints all source surfaces edges to the target surfaces.

The imprint direction is always normal to targets.

1. From the Geometry ribbon, Edit tools, click Imprint.

   
   
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2. Optional: On the guide bar, click to define imprint options.
3. Select source geometry to imprint.
   1. On the guide bar, select whether to imprint points, lines or surfaces.
   2. Make your selection in the modeling window.
4. Select imprint targets
   1. On the guide bar, click Target. If you are imprinting points, select whether to imprint lines or surfaces.
   2. Make your selection in the modeling window.
5. Click Imprint.

The selected surfaces split. Lines are projected along the normal direction of the selected surfaces.

Tip:

• Split multiple surfaces with multiple lines at once.
• Use the Split tool to untrim previously imprinted surfaces.
• Use the Stitch tool to suppress imprinted edges.
• On the guide bar, click to open the Advanced Selection dialog, from which you can filter geometry further by selecting a subset of entities based on additional selection methods, such as By Component or By Assembly.