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Mesh
Booleans for AutoCAD
is a mesh boolean modeling plug-in for
AutoCAD®.
Mesh Booleans for AutoCAD gives AutoCAD the ability to perform
boolean operations between PolyFace Meshes, Polygon Meshes and 3D Solids
or a combination of all.
The geometry of a
solid object can be described in AutoCAD as a 3D Solid, PolyFace Mesh or
a Polygon Mesh entity. However, AutoCAD's solid modeling commands
(Union, Subtract and Intersect) work with 3D Solids only. AutoCAD does
not provide any commands to perform boolean operations on PolyFace
Meshes and Polygon Meshes. Mesh Booleans for AutoCAD removes this
limitation by adding new mesh modeling commands to AutoCAD that give
AutoCAD the ability to perform boolean operations (add, subtract and
intersect) between PolyFace Meshes, Polygon Meshes and 3D Solids or a
combination of all.
Mesh Booleans for AutoCAD adds three new modeling commands to
AutoCAD called MBUnion, MBSubtract and MBIntersect. These commands work
just like AutoCAD's Union, Subtract and Intersect commands, with a major
difference being that they allow you to select PolyFace Meshes and
Polygon Meshes along with 3D Solids. You can union, subtract or
intersect two meshes, two solids or a mesh and a solid. You can even
carry out boolean operations on sets of meshes and solids at once, just
like AutoCAD's Union, Subtract and Intersect commands.
The result of the boolean operation can be a mesh or a solid, depending
on what you set in the Mesh Booleans for AutoCAD options. For
example, it is possible to subtract a mesh from another mesh and have
the plug-in create the resulting object as a solid. The opposite is also
possible. You can intersect a solid with a solid and create a mesh as
the output.
Pricing
Mesh Booleans for AutoCAD is priced at 295 EUR only. This is the price of a single user license. For
your bulk-licensing needs please
contact us.
Installation & Usage
Since
Mesh Booleans for AutoCAD
is a plug-in for AutoCAD, it must be loaded into the AutoCAD environment
before it can be used. Please follow the simple instructions in the
Mesh Booleans for AutoCAD
ReadMe document which is copied into the installation folder. If you
accept the default values in the installer,
Mesh Booleans for AutoCAD will
be up and running within a minute. However, if you choose to modify the
values (for example, install the software at a location other than the
default) then you will have to take extra care to see that AutoCAD and
the
Mesh Booleans for AutoCAD
plug-in are properly setup and recognize each other. For an easy and
straight forward installation, simply run the installer and accept the
default installation options. After you have loaded the plug-in file
into AutoCAD, simply click on the menu items in the "MeshBooleans"
submenu to run these new commands. Truly,
Software made simple! |

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Mesh Booleans for AutoCAD adds a new menu to AutoCAD called 'MeshBooleans'.
This menu contains the three modeling commands (MBUnion,
MBSubtract and MBIntersect) along with other Mesh Booleans
commands. All the commands begin with "MB" (which stands for
Mesh Booleans) to distinguish them from other AutoCAD commands
and commands added by other plug-ins. The new commands added by
Mesh Booleans for AutoCAD are:
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MBUnion - Add a set of
meshes and/or solids
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MBSubtract -
Subtract a set of meshes and/or solids from another
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MBIntersect -
Intersect a set of meshes and/or solids
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MBOptions -
Display the Mesh Booleans for AutoCAD Options box
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MBHelp - Display the
Mesh Booleans for AutoCAD help file
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MBRegister -
Register your copy of Mesh Booleans for AutoCAD
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MBAbout - Display
the Mesh Booleans for AutoCAD About box
Mesh Booleans for
AutoCAD comes with detailed documentation for each command as well
as a set of tutorials to get you started in the shortest possible time.
There is also
an online version of the help file which you can view by
clicking the link below.
Online Help
For more images please visit
the Mesh Booleans for
AutoCAD Gallery. If you
have used Mesh Booleans for AutoCAD and wish to
display your work on our
gallery, send us an
e-mail
containing images and a brief description along with your personal
details. |

The
MeshBooleans submenu |