split parts

When using the Split feature to split a part, I get two parts, great. But one of these parts seems to have the same "identity" as the original, and the other is "new". What determines which side of a split is the old part and which one is the new? Can I control it? My main reason for asking is that inserting a split into…

I'm working on modeling housing for a mockup axial compressor, and I'm using the "Split" tool to turn the housing into separate upper and lower sections I can bolt together later. Some of the features of the housing get split at awkward points, and I was wondering about somehow setting up the model so that those parts stay…

I am looking for a solution so that the split command is not completely cut through. In the case of this box, it should only be split in the edge area, approx. 5 mm deep (construction line) without cutting through the internal geometries. How do you solve the problem?…

A problem I've repeatedly encountered is that splitting a part doesn't offer any way to control which resultant part maintains continuity with the original, and which is considered a new part. This feature is similar to the regular "Split" tool, but adds a "Flip orientation" checkbox to swap which created part is which.…

A little unclear if splitting is supposed to respect time. SO in the example below, I initially cut the big blue part with the plane you see with the purple arrow. Initially those side tabs with the green arrows were added after the split, and were extruded inside the split. The client then asked those tabs to farther out,…