Cutplanes

A cutplane is a display option that creates a plane at a designated location that cuts through an object to create a sectional view. Create multiple cutplanes to create a sectional view that exposes inner details that would otherwise not be visible from outside the model.

On the 3D View context tab, on the Display Options tab, in the Cutplanes group, click the  Create icon.

Three (default) cutplanes coincident with the main axes are accessible from the model tree under the Cutplanes group.

Figure 1. A simple example of a cutplane preview. The cutplane cuts through a larger sphere revealing a smaller sphere inside.

To add more cutplanes, click Create. Each cutplane is listed under the Cutplanes group.

The operation of the cutplane can be reversed, hiding the visible region and showing the invisible region. On the Create/Modify Cutplane dialog, select Flipped, or in the tree, from the right-click context menu for the cutplane, click Flip cutplane.

To activate/deactivate a cutplane, click the icon for the cutplane. To modify, select the label.

Filter Cutplanes

When more than one 3D view is used, the already active cutplanes can be modified on a per-view basis using the Filter tool.

On the 3D View context tab, on the Display Options tab, in the Cutplanes group, click the  Filter icon.

On the Filter Cutplanes dialog, select the checkbox(es) for the cutplane(s) to be disabled.

Note: The filter cutplanes tool is applied to the selected 3D view.

Figure 2. The Filter Cutplanes dialog.