Part Boolean

Shapebuilder

Union

Part

Part Booleans
Menu location
Part → Booleans
Workbenches
Part
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
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See also
Part Union, Part Common and Part Cut

This command is a generic all-in-one boolean tool. It allows you to specify what operation to perform and what parameters to use via the dialog below. For quicker boolean operations, see also Part Union, Part Common and Part Cut.

See also Part → Refine Shape

Shapebuilder

Union

Part

Part

• Primitives: Box, Cylinder, Sphere, Cone, Torus, Tube, Create primitives, Shape builder

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• Other tools: Import, Export, Box selection, Shape from Mesh, Points from mesh, Convert to solid, Reverse shapes, Create simple copy, Create transformed copy, Create shape element copy, Refine shape, Check geometry, Defeaturing, Appearance, Color per face

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