) 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 View node or by selecting it from the Graphics window toolbar or the View ribbon toolbar. The Settings window contains the following sections:|
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Select the Invert clipping check box to invert the clipping direction. Initially cleared, the Clip Sphere then clips what is outside the sphere.
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Clear the Apply clipping check box, which is selected by default, to disable the clipping so that it has no effect.
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The Show frame 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 Show gizmo 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.
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From the Translation axis list, choose a translation axis: x-axis, y-axis, z-axis, xg-axis (the default), yg-axis, zg-axis, or Custom. The xg-axis, yg-axis, and zg-axis are the local x-, y-, and z-axis for the clip sphere as indicated by the gizmo. If you chose Custom, enter the x, y, and z axis components in the Custom translation axis text fields.
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Enter a value in the Translation amount 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 Translate Forward and Translate Backward button to translate the clip sphere in the forward and backward directions, respectively, moving it with the translation amount.
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From the Rotation axis list, choose a rotation axis: x-axis, y-axis, z-axis, xg-axis, yg-axis, zg-axis (the default), or Custom. The xg-axis, yg-axis, and zg-axis are the local x-, y-, and z-axis for the clip sphere as indicated by the gizmo. If you chose Custom, enter the x, y, and z axis components in the Custom rotation axis text fields.
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Enter a value in the Rotation angle field (default: 30 degrees) to determine how much the clip sphere should be rotated.
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Click the Rotate Clockwise and Rotate Counterclockwise button to rotate the clip sphere in the clockwise and counterclockwise directions, respectively, rotating it by the rotation angle.
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Enter a value in the Radius adjustment field to determine how much the clip sphere’s radius should be adjusted.
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Click the Increase Radius or Decrease Radius button to increase or decrease the radius of the clip sphere, respectively, adjusting it by the specified radius adjustment.
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