How to use the SOLIDWORKS Split Line Tool

The SOLIDWORKS Split Line tool is used to project an entity (sketch, solid, surface, face, plane, or surface spline) onto other surfaces or curved/planar faces. You are also able to split faces on multiple bodies with one command.

The Split Line command comes equipped with 3 different modes to utilize:

Silhouette:

Splits the face at it’s outermost projected edges normal to your specified direction. No sketches needed!

Sketch Silhouette

Split applied to model

Projection: 

Projects a sketch onto a surface. Projection Split Lines can be pattered!

Project selections

Face is split

Intersection:

Splits faces with an intersecting solid, surface, face, plane, or surface spline. It creates a continuation for partially intersecting faces based on natural or linear geometry!

Face split with surface

Split applied