Clip Cylinder
Add a Clip Cylinder node () 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:
Clip Cylinder
This section contains the following settings for the clip cylinder:
Select the Invert clipping check box to invert the clipping direction. Initially cleared, the Clip Cylinder then clips what is outside the cylinder.
Clear the Apply clipping check box, which is selected by default, to disable the clipping so that it has no effect.
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.
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.
Position
This section contains the following sections for controlling the position of the clip cylinder:
Click the Move to Origin button to move the clip cylinder to the origin.
Click the Move to Center button to move the clip cylinder to the center of the model geometry.
Under Translate, define the translation and translate the clip cylinder if desired:
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.
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.
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.
Under Definition, you see the resulting coordinates for the clip cylinder’s location.
You can also move the position of the clip cylinder interactively in the Graphics window.
Orientation
This section contains the following sections for controlling the orientation of the clip cylinder:
Under Align, click the Align to x-Axis, Align to y-Axis, or Align to z-Axis button to align the clip cylinder to one of those main axes.
Under Rotate, define rotation and rotate the clip cylinder if desired:
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.
Enter a value in the Rotation angle field (default: 30 degrees) to determine how much the clip cylinder should be rotated.
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.
Under Definition, you see the resulting coordinates for the clip cylinder’s location.
You can also rotate the clip cylinder interactively in the Graphics window.
Length
This section contains the following sections for controlling the length of the clip cylinder:
Under Adjust, adjust the length of the clip cylinder:
Enter a value in the Length adjustment field to determine how much the clip cylinder’s length should be adjusted.
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.
Under Definition, you see the resulting length of the clip cylinder.
You can also adjust the length of the clip cylinder interactively in the Graphics window.
Radius
This section contains the following sections for controlling the radius of the clip cylinder:
Under Adjust, adjust the radius of the clip cylinder:
Enter a value in the Radius adjustment field to determine how much the clip cylinder’s radius should be adjusted.
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.
Under Definition, you see the resulting radius of the clip cylinder.
You can also adjust the radius of the clip cylinder interactively in the Graphics window.