Is it possible to cut a part with another part in an assembly.
I'm trying to make a model of vise soft jaws that are cut to the shape of another part. I cannot find a way to cut, when I open "cut with surface" nothing happens, it will not select any face. What is an easy way to make this work? I just want to cut the blue vise with the purple part.
If they are different parts in an assembly you can use the Cavity tool. You would need to edit the vise in context of the assembly and then you can use that feature.
In addition to the methods Michael & Jamil described, you could also either...
1) From within the assembly, edit the soft jaw and create a zero-offset surface from the interfering faces of the purple part, and then use that to cut the soft jaw
-or-
2) Insert the purple part into the soft jaw part, and use the Combine tool with the Subtract option.
Excellent methods, I tried Intersect and it works !! Now I am going to check the other methods. Thanks guys. Glad to see that there are some brains out there. Larry
Use the Intersect Feature. It is not of the Feature Toolbar as standard. You will need to add by:
Use the Search Command (Top RH corner) and type Intersect
OR
Tools>Customize> Commands>Features