Slice a part into pieces using construction planes?

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GeographySub
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Slice a part into pieces using construction planes?

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I've made a long part with the Part Design workbench, and now I need to split it into chunks which I can fit on my 3d printer's bed. The Part workbench has the compound/slice compound tool, which seems to do exactly what I want, but from the tutorials I've seen, it seems to only work with Part workbench Faces.

I would rather be able to change the spacing later, so I can't just switch over to Faces entirely.
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OS: Windows 10 Version 2009
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.20.29177 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: releases/FreeCAD-0-20
Hash: 68e337670e227889217652ddac593c93b5e8dc94
Python 3.8.10, Qt 5.15.2, Coin 4.0.1, Vtk 8.2.0, OCC 7.6.2
Locale: English/United States (en_US)
Installed mods: 
  * Assembly4 0.11.10
  * CfdOF 1.9.5
  * Curves 0.3.0
  * fasteners
  * parts_library
  * Plot
  * Pyramids-and-Polyhedrons
  * Rocket
  * sheetmetal 0.2.49
Thanks for any help in advance. This is my first time posting here, so just let me know if I'm missing any important information.
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Re: Slice a part into pieces using construction planes?

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The Part Slice tool should work fine. It’s commonly used with Part Design solids for purposes like this.
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Re: Slice a part into pieces using construction planes?

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GeographySub wrote: Sun Aug 07, 2022 5:46 pm The Part workbench has the compound/slice compound tool, which seems to do exactly what I want, but from the tutorials I've seen, it seems to only work with Part workbench Faces.
All the Part tools can be safely applied to PartDesign's whole bodies. Don't apply them to the features inside.
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