I've been trying to recall this tip for several months now
and owe a handful of people some info on it. I finally asked the
right people so I'm putting it out here for posterity...
The Split Line feature only allows face splitting with a single closed curve. This can be extremely frustrating if you want to split with a pattern of closed curves.
An alternate technique is the use the Insert > Feature > Wrap with the "Scribe" option. This allows a sketch with many closed, non-intersecting curves to split a face.
Hope you find this useful!!
Vince
The Split Line feature only allows face splitting with a single closed curve. This can be extremely frustrating if you want to split with a pattern of closed curves.
An alternate technique is the use the Insert > Feature > Wrap with the "Scribe" option. This allows a sketch with many closed, non-intersecting curves to split a face.
Hope you find this useful!!
Vince
One way to do it that works for any type of face without the hassle of setting up a Wrap is to simply extrude the sketch you want to split with as a surface, then use the regular Split Line feature, with the Intersection option and select the multiple surface bodies to split with.