Cutting Plane
Working with a 3D model can quickly turn complex, especially if many parts are spatially stacked. ProSteel offers a command to hide parts in front of and behind the current work plane – the cutting plane.
This facilitates the design process since only those objects are visible that are close to the same work plane and prevents the accidental manipulation of stacked shapes. When selecting one of the defined views or an object view, such objects are automatically hidden, provided that you have not turned off this command globally.
Sometimes it is however also reasonable to look at all component parts of the model in the depth – to have an overall orientation. This is the reason why this function can be switched on and off.
Principle of Cutting Planes
When the function ‘Cut Plane’ is active, only those parts of the work frame are shown that are located within the limits of the cut plane distance. The cut plane distance is the distance between imaginary delimitation in front of and behind the active UCS plane.
3D-model of a stage construction in the global view | |
(Object-) view on the upper stage frame with switched on cut plane command (standard setting) | |
(Object-) view on the upper stage frame with switched off cut plane command |