Command - PrB_CutInProfile

     

This command will draw a cut that matches the contours of the entity determining the cut.

The tool will ask for an offset value at the command line prompt. This value represents the clearance between the cut entity and the profile that determines the cut.


If the plate or beam is completely severed by the entity that determines the cut, the plate or beam will be split up into 2 parts and both parts will be cut against the determining part.


This tool will also accept a bolt for the cut definition

A practical use case for this is when a part of a hole needs to be drawn on a miter.
The Parabuild bolt/hole tools refuse to draw a partial hole like this.
But with this cutting tool we can still draw this :

A bolt drawn in the middle of a miter.
The holes are not drawn automatically in such case.

By selecting the bolt as defining object, we can draw 2 half holes in the channels.