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10.0 (2019)
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2020 (15.0)

Before you begin, review the setup tips below. These tips are some things that you can do to make the clipping operations easier.

  • Select the graphic objects or display sets that you want to work with. The clip volume wireframe defaults to the volume that covers all the selected items. If there are no selected items, the clip volume wireframe defaults to half the volume of the currently-visible model.

  • Use the Common Views dialog box to select a view orientation. The Clip Volume dialog box opens to have the same view orientation. This helps orient you when adjusting the clip volume wireframe.

  • When a clip volume is active, the model Fit commands and functionality are always fit to the clip volume range.

  1. From your 3D model view, click Clip Volume SPR_ClipVol_new.

    A clip volume wireframe displays surrounding any selected objects.

    If no objects are selected, the clip volume wireframe is placed around the center of the entire dataset range.

  2. From the Clip Volume dialog box, select the face or corner (faces) that you want to size. The example below shows the Top Front Right plane faces have been selected.

    3DVC_DLG_ClipVolumenolabel

  3. Click and drag the slider up to increase the clip volume wireframe size, or down to reduce the size as needed. The example below shows the Top Front Right plane faces being expanded.

    • For more precise control when resizing the clip volume box, click the slider in the Clip Volume dialog box and then use the middle mouse wheel, the UP and DOWN arrow keys, or the PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN keys to adjust the clipping volume. The Up/Down arrow keys move the clip volume box in small increments while the PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN keys move the box in larger increments.

    • Click the slider, and then press the HOME key to expand the clip volume wireframe to the current maximum for the current selected face(s) being adjusted. Click the slider and then press the END key to minimize the clip volume wireframe for the current selected face(s) being adjusted.

    • If the slider is at its limits (top or bottom position), click again on the desired face or faces being adjusted to reset the slider position to the middle. The slider can only expand the selected clipping volume face(s) to double the amount from the starting middle position.

    • The selected face(s) being adjusted display in red in the clip volume wireframe. The unselected face(s) not being adjusted display in yellow.

  4. When the clipping volume is at the required size and location, click Clipping Control 3DVC_BTN_clip in the Clip Volume dialog box. All objects that are not in the clip volume wireframe are removed from the display, as shown in the example below.

Clipping Off:

Clipping On:



3DVC_SHOW_clipvol_on

You can perform a zoom or fit to get closer to the displayed objects and continue your work.

SHARED Tip Selecting the Fit command automatically takes you to a fitted view of the selected objects in the view, if any. If no objects are selected, Fit takes you to a fitted view of the active clip volume. If there is no active clip volume, Fit takes you to a fitted view of the entire model.