) to activate the clip cylinder tool that adds a cylinder 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 Cylinder then clips what is outside the cylinder.
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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 cylinder and is highlighted when selected. Drag the frame to move and resize the clip cylinder. For translation, use the outlines representing the cylinder length only. To resize for the length, use the two outer circles only. To resize for the radius, use the middle circle only.
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The Show gizmo check box is selected by default to display a gizmo that indicates the clip cylinder directions and that you can grab to move and rotate the clip cylinder.
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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 cylinder 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 cylinder.
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Click the Translate Forward and Translate Backward button to translate the clip cylinder 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 cylinder 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 cylinder should be rotated.
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Click the Rotate Clockwise and Rotate Counterclockwise button to rotate the clip cylinder in the clockwise and counterclockwise directions, respectively, rotating it by the rotation angle.
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Enter a value in the Length adjustment field to determine how much the clip cylinder’s length should be adjusted.
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Click the Increase Length or Decrease Length button to increase or decrease the length of the clip cylinder, respectively, adjusting it by the specified length adjustment.
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Enter a value in the Radius adjustment field to determine how much the clip cylinder’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 cylinder, respectively, adjusting it by the specified radius adjustment.
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