Section
The Section PropertyManager
allows you to create section views for the displayed result. You
define the following sections:
Planar sections using any reference plane.
Cylindrical sections using a reference axis or
a plane.
Spherical sections using a reference point, a
3D point, or a vertex.
The Section PropertyManager
allows you to view up to six planar, cylindrical, and spherical sections
simultaneously.
To define a section view for the active plot:
Click Section
Clipping 
on the Simulation Result Tools toolbar.
-or-
Click Simulation,
Result Tools, Section
Clipping.
-or-
Right-click the active plot icon and select
Section Clipping.
The Section
PropertyManager appears.
Select from the options described below.
Click 
.
Section 1 and Section 2
Sections.
Click Plane 
,
cylinder 
, or sphere 
.
Reference entity.
Displays the selected reference entity used to create the section plot.
Reverse clipping direction 
changes the direction of the cut to the opposite side.
Distance 
. Sets the offset distance measured from the selected section
entity.
Rotation X 
. Rotates the section entity along the X-direction.
Rotation Y 
. Rotates the section entity along the Y-direction.
Radius 
. Sets the radius of the cylindrical or the spherical sections.
Section 3
This section appears after you select Section
2. Use Section 2 and Section 3 to create additional section views in the
model.
Options
Union 
. Displays the union of all plot areas requested by all sections.
Intersection
. Displays the plot area on the area of intersection
of all sections.
Show section
plane. Displays the section entity in the graphics area.
Plot on section
only. Displays the result contours on the selected section only.
Show contours
on the uncut portion of the model. If checked, the program displays
the result contours on the uncut portion of the model. If not checked,
the program displays the uncut portion of the model in the shaded view
mode. This option only works if the Plot
on section only option is not checked.
Explode after
clipping. If checked, the program creates the section plot first
then exploded the model. If not checked, the program creates the section
plot on the exploded view directly.
Reset.
Resets the selections to the default values.
Clipping on/off
. Sets the clipping of the active plot on/off.
Related Topic
Creating
section views of the active plot