Produces the intersection of two or more closed 2D objects, to form a region.
Select two or more objects whose intersection you want to obtain.
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Select Finish Selecting from the local menu or Inspector Bar.
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The resulting object is one region. You can verify this by selecting the region.
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You can select more than two objects, but they must all intersect one another.
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Note: If you select objects that do not overlap, the result will be no objects (original objects deleted).
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