What is "Boolean" operation in Autocad and 3D Studio max?

Working in3D usually involves the use of solid objects. At times you may need to combine multiple parts into one, or remove sections from a solid. AutoCAD has some commands that make this easy for you. These are the Boolean operations as well as some other helpful commands for solids editing.

The Boolean operations are to create complex solid models out of primitives. The following tutorial shows you how to use Intersect, Subtract, and Union operations.

Intersect: Defines a new solid object based on the common volume between selected solids.

Union: Defines a new solid that consists of common and uncommon volume between selected solids.

Subtract: Select two set of solids. A single solid based on the removal of the second set from the first one will be created.

 

All the above operations will eliminate the original solids.

Boolean Operation is used to Subtract one3d object from another3d object.

A Boolean object combines two or more objects by performing a logical operation on their geometry. The objects typically overlap, but they don't have to. The original two objects are the operands and the Boolean object itself is the result of the operation.