Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc. 226 AutoCAD and Its Applications—Advanced Split a Face Splitting a mesh face is used to increase the number of faces on the model without refi ning a mesh. Splitting one face creates two faces. This is easier than refi ning the mesh. Think of these new split faces as subdivisions of an existing face. The MESHSPLIT command is used to split a face. Once the command is entered, select the face to split. Then, specify the starting point and the ending point of a line defi ning the split. You can specify any two points on the mesh face. Figure 9-15 shows a mesh model with three faces that have been split. Once the faces are split, mesh editing options, such as extruding, moving, rotating, or scaling, can be used on the new faces. In Figure 9-16, the split faces from Figure 9-15 have been extruded, and the model has been smoothed to level 3. Exercise 9-6 www.g-wlearning.com/CAD/ Complete the exercise on the companion website. MESHSPLIT Ribbon Mesh Mesh Edit Split Face Type MESHSPLIT SPLIT Face to extrude Extruded face Additional faces A B Figure 9-14. Extruding a mesh face. A—Select the face to extrude. B—The process adds faces to the model. Split lines Figure 9-15. Three faces have been split on this mesh model. Each face has been split into two faces. Figure 9-16. Three faces have been extruded on this mesh model and smoothing has been applied. Notice how the model edges are rounded.