Clip planes is a tool that is used to slice the model and create 3 D section views. For instance, they are helpful to visually analyse model areas below the surface. You can create several sections to specifically focus on one part of the model.
Clip Planes cut part of the model along a plane that is selected.
Feature can be accessed from Analyze tab and View tab.
Add Clip Planes:
Click Add, snap to an object and specify (snap) the direction of cutting. By default cutting plane is vertical.
Now you can move Clip Planes by grabbing and dragging the center of symbol and rotate by turning the arrow.
You can change cutting plane by right clicking the center of symbol:
Pick Line - move Clip Plane and select new direction of cutting plane
Pick Surface - move Clip Plane and change cutting plane by selected surface
Pick Direction - change direction of cutting plane
Pick Path - cutting plane follow a path (road, pipe)
You can also change direction of cutting plane by right click menu (Flip, Up, Down, North, South, East, West).
You can add multiple Clip Planes to the model project. This is useful when you would like to crop the model to focus on a specific part. In case of multiple Clip planes, each Clip plane will be assigned a different color.
You can remove Clip Planes.
You can add Topic with Clip Plane and visibility state will remain.