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Cutting Planes
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Cutting Planes
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X-Axis: Click the X-Axis button to create a section plane that centered at the center of the part. To position the cutting plane run your mouse over the Cutting Plane Manipulator graphical icon. As your mouse passes over the Cutting Plane Manipulator two rotational axis elements will highlight or one linear translation element. Left-Click on any of these graphical elements when highlighted and drag to rotate or linear-translate the Cutting Plane.
Click the X-Axis button again to turn of the Cutting Plane.
Y-Axis: Click the Y-Axis button to create a section plane that centered at the center of the part. To position the cutting plane run your mouse over the Cutting Plane Manipulator graphical icon. As your mouse passes over the Cutting Plane Manipulator two rotational axis elements will highlight or one linear translation element. Left-Click on any of these graphical elements when highlighted and drag to rotate or linear-translate the Cutting Plane.
Click the Y-Axis button again to turn of the Cutting Plane.
Z-Axis: Click the Z-Axis button to create a section plane that centered at the center of the part. To position the cutting plane run your mouse over the Cutting Plane Manipulator graphical icon. As your mouse passes over the Cutting Plane Manipulator two rotational axis elements will highlight or one linear translation element. Left-Click on any of these graphical elements when highlighted and drag to rotate or linear-translate the Cutting Plane.
Click the Z-Axis button again to turn of the Cutting Plane.
Cutting Plane Manipulators: After you have positioned the Cutting Planes to your liking you can hold SHIFT and click any of the X, Y, or Z-Axis buttons to remove the Cutting Plane Manipulator graphical icon for that plane - leaving just the plane itself and the cross-section it gnerates.
Show Axis: Check this box to show a graphical axis element in the lower left-hand corner of the viewing window. This is helpful when you have rotated your part around and don't have a good concept of which direction the X, Y, or Z axis are pointing.
Close: Close the dialog box.