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title: "Main Functions"
url: "https://help.maxon.net/zbr/en-us/Content/html/user-guide/3d-modeling/modeling-basics/creating-meshes/live-boolean/main-functions/main-functions.html"
section_path: "User Guide > 3D Modeling > Modeling Basics > Creating Meshes > Live Boolean > Main Functions"
description: "The creation of a Boolean operation is split in two parts, the Live Boolean mode and the final result. Find below the list of functions used for these two …"
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# Main Functions

## Main Boolean Functions

The creation of a Boolean operation is split in two parts, the Live Boolean mode and the final result. Find below the list of functions used for these two parts.

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### Live Boolean

Render >> Render Booleans >> Live Boolean enables the real-time preview of the Boolean operations between all the visible SubTools.\
It will analyze the Boolean operators – Addition, Subtraction, and Intersection – and will display the corresponding result.\
This mode is only a preview and can be rendered, but not exported. To generate the final model, you need to use the Make Boolean Mesh function.

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### Make Boolean Mesh

The Tool >> SubTools >> Boolean >> Make Boolean Mesh will perform the actual Boolean operation on the visible SubTools, creating a new Tool in your Tool palette which can then be exported or used in other ways.\
This operation can take from a few seconds to several minutes, depending on the number of SubTools and the density of your models.

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### DSDiv – Dynamic Subdivision

The Tool >> SubTools >> Boolean >> DSDiv mode will convert the Dynamic Subdivi­sion applied to the SubTools to real geometry during the Boolean process.

**Important!**

Note: Please reduce the number of your Dynamic Subdivision levels (especially the QGrid mode) if you don’t need high details on the surfaces.