Cut Sections

The Cut Section menu is invoked from the Tools menu or from keyboard shortcut x.

A cut-section, sometimes referred to as a "cutting plane", is a flat plane that cuts through the model. It may be located anywhere in space and oriented at any angle.

When the Cutting switch is turned on the intersection of the plane with the model is calculated and the interpolated cut plane is drawn.

This is possible in all D3PLOT display modes, (including animation), and for those that display data this will be displayed on the cut plane.

Various options, described below, define if and/or how the model either side of the plane is drawn.

The forces acting on the cut-plane, integrated from element stresses, may be calculated and output.