The Pline Boolean dialog box is displayed as shown in the following picture.
Delete the entity choosen by second selection: Choose whether to delete the second selected object. There are different Boolean operation options such as union, intersection and subtraction. After the operation the object will be a polyline.
Operation case:
Here, we use two boolean operations as shown below to complete the design of mechanical parts.
1.Start command, the dialog box will pop up;
2.Select the option "union" and uncheck the option "Delete the entity choosen by second selection", as shown below.
3.First select the exterior circle and then the small circles around it, it will keep all small circles around enabled for the next operation and you will get the first polyline as shown below;
4.Start again the boolean operations, select option "subtraction" and check "Delete the entity choosen by second selection", as shown.
5.Then select the interior circle and then the small circles around it, then the small circles around it will be automatically deleted and you will get the final result as shown below.
Article ID: 1030
Created: April 1, 2016
Last Updated: June 29, 2021
Author: GstarCAD Malaysia
Online URL: https://www.gstarcad.com.my/knowledge/article/pline-boolean-1030.html