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Clipping Plane

In one sentence: Adds (or removes) an interactive clipping plane in the 3-D viewport to cut through the model and inspect internal geometry.

Overview

Workbench: FEM
Menu: FEM → Utilities → Add Clipping Plane / Remove All Clipping Planes

The clipping plane is a viewport-level display tool — it cuts the visual display of the 3-D model (mesh, solid) along an infinite plane so you can see inside. This is independent of the VTK Cut Function, which clips result data in the post-processing pipeline.

Add Clipping Plane

Menu: FEM → Utilities → Add Clipping Plane

Adds one interactive clipping plane to the 3-D view. You can move and tilt the plane by dragging its handle in the viewport. Multiple clipping planes can be added — each successive call adds another plane.

Remove All Clipping Planes

Menu: FEM → Utilities → Remove All Clipping Planes

Removes every active clipping plane from the 3-D view, restoring the full solid display.

Clipping plane vs VTK Cut Function

Feature Clipping Plane VTK Cut Function
Affects Visual display only Result field data
Requires VTK? No Yes
Shows result values? No Yes
Available before solving? Yes No

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