Inventor help: split a solid

[JD Mather]

Originally Posted by BeltSanderRocks

Try this: Instead of using the "Split Solid" Feature...

This doesn't answer the question or solve the problem.
The problem has already been better defined in that the visual of the plane is just that - the plane actually extends to infinity (or as far as the computer can calculate) in all directions. This is true in Inventor or SolidWorks.

The easiest solution (in SolidWorks or Inventor) is to create a U shaped sketch on the perpendicular plane and use that to split the part.

Alternatively extruded rectangles with Cut option can achieve the same results.

Attach the ipt file here if you can't figure it out.

[DonRotolo]

Thanks everyone for your comments. I just got around to actually working on this again (this is the busy time at work), and the very first post (expanded by the second post) was essentially the answer: Sketch a "D"-shaped polygon (or perhaps a box, only the line intersecting the object is important) at the end I want to snip off and use Extrude to eliminate that bit. Repeat for the other side.

The fact that work planes extend to infinity was the key, thanks to MechEng83 (who, I suspect, graduated the same year I did...)

Split, I have learned, is to actually split an object (imagine that!), much like a saw would do, but keep both parts in their same physical relationship to each other, not discarding anything.

[JD Mather]

Originally Posted by DonRotolo

Split, I have learned, is to actually split an object (imagine that!), much like a saw would do, but keep both parts in their same physical relationship to each other, not discarding anything.

Split will do far more than that.
It could easily have been used to create the cut you were after.
Parts can be split removing geometry or creating multiple solid bodies.
Split can also be used to split individual faces so that they can be colored individually or edited individually.

Attach your file here if you would like to see how split could have been used to edit your geometry.