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Cross Section Viewing of the CAD Model

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The Cross Section button on the Standard Viewing toolbar provides access to the separate Cross Section toolbar.

With the Cross Section toolbar, end users can view a 3D CAD model in sections as follows:

  1. Model cutting plates can be specified with the set of plane buttons:
    • The X, Y, and Z buttons are to set the cutting planes according to the model coordinate system.
    • The Pick Plane button is to set an arbitrary cutting plane by clicking a target surface and then clicking this button.

    Dragging the cutting planes cuts the model into sections.

  1. Each plane button includes its own Invert Section button to determine which of the cut sections is visible.

  1. Selecting the Capped Geometry check box displays a cut section in green.

If this check box is cleared, a cut section is hollow.

  1. Clicking the Toggle Cutting Plane Display button hides or shows the cutting planes.

  1. When using several cutting planes, the Toggle Cross Section button becomes available for selecting which sides of the planes can cut.

Clicking the Toggle Cross Section button toggles the cutting sides of the planes. This button can be combined with the Invert Section buttons of these planes.

To enable other viewing and markup functionality in the cross-section model view, the cutting planes should be hidden.

To quit the cross-section model view, the Cross Section toolbar should be closed.