Combining shapes when drawings, but separating for CNC machining . . .

 From:  Michael Gibson
5825.6 In reply to 5825.4 
Hi Alligator,

> Now, I just need to break apart each side so I can import the file into MeshCAM so I can tell my CNC machine to cut each part.

Is it currently all one single joined object?

If so then you can break that apart by selecting it and running Edit > Separate, that will take your one big single object and break it into individual surfaces. Then you might want to select the surfaces that belong to just one side and use Edit > Join to glue just those pieces together.

But basically Edit > Separate is a tool you can use for breaking apart a single object into separate individual surface pieces... I'm not entirely sure if that's exactly what you really want to do though, just looking at your object it's not clear to me whether you've got everything joined together into one solid right now or whether each side is a separate object already...

- Michael