<!doctype HTML public "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Frameset//EN"> <html> <head> <title>Clipping</title> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name="generator" content="RoboHelp by eHelp Corporation www.ehelp.com"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="default_ns.css"><script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" title="WebHelpSplitCss"> <!-- if (navigator.appName !="Netscape") { document.write("<link rel='stylesheet' href='default.css'>");} //--> </script> <style type="text/css"> <!-- p.whs1 { margin-left:40px; } img_whs2 { border:none; width:332px; height:327px; float:none; border-style:none; } p.whs3 { font-weight:bold; margin-left:40px; } img_whs4 { border:none; width:326px; height:199px; border-style:none; } p.whs5 { font-weight:bold; } img_whs6 { border:none; width:329px; height:210px; border-style:none; } --> </style><script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" title="WebHelpInlineScript"> <!-- function reDo() { if (innerWidth != origWidth || innerHeight != origHeight) location.reload(); } if ((parseInt(navigator.appVersion) == 4) && (navigator.appName == "Netscape")) { origWidth = innerWidth; origHeight = innerHeight; onresize = reDo; } onerror = null; //--> </script> <style type="text/css"> <!-- div.WebHelpPopupMenu { position:absolute; left:0px; top:0px; z-index:4; visibility:hidden; } --> </style><script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2" src="whmsg.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="whver.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2" src="whproxy.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2" src="whutils.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2" src="whtopic.js"></script> </head> <body><script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2"> <!-- if (window.gbWhTopic) { if (window.addTocInfo) { addTocInfo("MESH module\nViewing meshes\nClipping"); addButton("show",BTN_TEXT,"Show","","","","",0,0,"","",""); } if (window.writeBtnStyle) writeBtnStyle(); if (window.writeIntopicBar) writeIntopicBar(1); if (window.setRelStartPage) { setRelStartPage("smesh.htm"); autoSync(1); sendSyncInfo(); sendAveInfoOut(); } } else if (window.gbIE4) document.location.reload(); //--> </script> <h1>Clipping</h1> <p>Using this menu you can create cross-section views (clipping planes) of your mesh.</p> <p> </p> <p>To start, click on the New button. </p> <p> </p> <p class="whs1"><img src="pics/a-clipping2.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="332px" height="327px" border="0" class="img_whs2"></p> <p> </p> <p>Now you can define the parameters of your cross-section: <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Orientation</B></span> (X-Y, X-Z or Y-Z); <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Distance </B></span>between the opposite extremities of the object,<span style="font-weight: bold;"> <B></B></span>if it is set to 0.5 the object is split in two halves; and <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Rotation</B></span> (in angle degrees) <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>around X (Y to Z) </B></span>and<span style="font-weight: bold;"><B> around Y (X to Z)</B></span>. If the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Show preview</B></span> button is on, you can see the clipping plane in the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Object window. </B></span></p> <p> </p> <p class="whs3"><img src="image79.jpg" width="326px" height="199px" border="0" class="img_whs4"></p> <p class="whs5"> </p> <p class="whs5"><span style="font-weight: normal;">If the</span> Auto Apply<span style="font-weight: normal;"> button is on, you can preview the cross-section in the</span> Object window</p> <p class="whs5"> </p> <p class="whs3"><img src="image99.gif" width="329px" height="210px" border="0" class="img_whs6"></p> <p class="whs5"> </p> <p class="whs5"><span style="font-weight: normal;">To get a new object from </span>Clipping, <span style="font-weight: normal;">click</span> Ok. </p> <p class="whs5"> </p> <p class="whs5"> </p> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2"> <!-- if (window.writeIntopicBar) writeIntopicBar(0); //--> </script> </body> </html>