Trimming Intersecting Surfaces Click Trim Surface (Surfaces toolbar). Select the split line (created in the previous topic) for Trimming Surface, Plane or Sketch . Select the surface of the handle for Pieces to Keep . Under Surface Split Options, select Natural. Click . The handle and scoop bodies are now joined at their common edges. In the next topic you create a static study and check the compatibility of the mesh at the common edges of the two bodies. Parent topic Converting Solid Geometry to Surfaces Previous topic Splitting Faces to Create Common Edges Next topic Creating a Static Study and Meshing the Model