CUT SECTIONS

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.

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

This image shows a conventional plot of a seat model, with no cut sections active

In this image the a cut section has been turned on, located roughly half-way across the seat. The +ve side (on the right) is drawn normally, the -ve side (on the left) is drawn in outline.