Clip Sphere

) to activate the clip sphere tool that adds a sphere for clipping a 3D geometry, including its mesh and results plots, to look inside it. You can add it by right-clicking a 3D node or by selecting it from the Graphics window toolbar or the ribbon toolbar. The Settings window contains the following sections:

Clip Sphere

This section contains the following settings for the clip sphere:

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Select the check box to invert the clipping direction. Initially cleared, the Clip Sphere then clips what is outside th sphere.

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Clear the check box, which is selected by default, to disable the clipping so that it has no effect.

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The check box is selected by default to display a frame that indicates the outlines of the clip sphere and is highlighted when selected. Drag the frame to resize the clip sphere.

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The check box is selected by default to display a gizmo that indicates the clip sphere directions and that you can grab to rotate and translate the clip sphere.

Position

This section contains the following sections for controlling the position of the clip sphere:

Click the button to move the clip sphere to the origin.

Click the button to move the clip sphere to the center of the model geometry.

Under , define the translation and translate the clip sphere if desired:

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From the list, choose a translation axis: , , (the default), , , or . The , , and are the local x-, y-, and z-axis for the clip sphere as indicated by the gizmo. If you chose , enter the x, y, and z axis components in the axis text fields.

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Enter a value in the field (default: 0.1 m, if the geometry length unit is meter) to determine how far the translation will move the clip sphere.

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Click the and button to translate the clip sphere in the forward and backward directions, respectively, moving it with the translation amount.

Under , you see the resulting coordinates for the clip sphere’s location.

You can also move the position of the clip sphere interactively in the Graphics window.

Orientation

This section contains the following sections for controlling the orientation of the clip sphere:

Under , click the , , or button to align the clip sphere to one of those main axes.

Under , define rotation and rotate the clip sphere if desired:

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From the list, choose a rotation axis: , , , , (the default), or . The , , and are the local x-, y-, and z-axis for the clip sphere as indicated by the gizmo. If you chose , enter the x, y, and z axis components in the text fields.

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Enter a value in the field (default: 30 degrees) to determine how much the clip sphere should be rotated.

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Click the and button to rotate the clip sphere in the clockwise and counterclockwise directions, respectively, rotating it by the rotation angle.

Under , you see the resulting coordinates for the clip sphere’s location.

You can also rotate the clip sphere interactively in the Graphics window.

Radius

This section contains the following sections for controlling the radius of the clip sphere:

Under , adjust the radius of the clip sphere:

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Enter a value in the field to determine how much the clip sphere’s radius should be adjusted.

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Click the or button to increase or decrease the radius of the clip sphere, respectively, adjusting it by the specified radius adjustment.

Under , you see the resulting radius of the clip sphere.

You can also adjust the radius of the clip sphere interactively in the Graphics window.