Section

The Section command creates a clipping plane object that represents a plane for visibly clipping away geometry in specified viewports.

• Insert a clipping plane
• Command-line options
• Properties

Insert a Clipping Plane

Steps:

1. Pick two points for the opposite corners of a rectangle.
   Or, select one of the options to draw the rectangle in a different way.

Components of a Clipping Plane widget

A Clipping Plane widget with control points turned on.


• 1. Translation point Allows moving the Clipping Plane with object snaps in a viewport that is not clipped.
• 2. Scale point Drag a scale point to re-size the widget.
• 3. Depth point Only visible when Custom Depth is enabled. The length of the dotted line is the depth distance.
• 4. Direction indicator The triangles point to the visible side of the clipping plane.
• 5. Label Shows the name of the Clipping Plane in viewports.

Notes:

• The appearance of the clipping plane edges is controlled in the display modes.
• The clipping plane is infinite. The clipping plane object represents only the location and direction of the clipping plane.
• The visibility of clipping planes is controlled with Hide, Show, and layer visibility like any other object.
• Clipping plane properties specify the clipping plane's direction and the viewports affected by the clipping plane.
• The clipping plane pointer faces toward the objects that will be visible.

Command-line options

The command-line options for the clipping plane are the same as those for drawing a Rectangle, with the addition of Custom Depth option.

CustomDepth
Clips objects beyond the depth point.

Properties

Clippingplane properties are displayed in the Clipping Plane tab of the Properties panel.