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["Sebastien Loriot (GeometryFactory)" <>]

Alexey Vedishchev wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
>
> I am new in CGAL.
> Does anybody know how to trim polyhedron by plane(3D) ?
> (I looked to documentation - but does not see how to do it)
>
> Thanks.
>
> Regards, Alexey Vedishchev

Right now, the only way to do it with CGAL
is to use Nef_3 package.

Have a look here:
http://www.cgal.org/Manual/latest/doc_html/cgal_manual/Nef_3/Chapter_main.html

selected examples that may be useful for your problem:
http://www.cgal.org/Manual/latest/doc_html/cgal_manual/Nef_3/Chapter_main.html#Subsection_27.5.1
http://www.cgal.org/Manual/latest/doc_html/cgal_manual/Nef_3/Chapter_main.html#Subsection_27.5.4


S.