Using this menu you can create cross-section views (clipping planes) of your mesh.
To start, click on the New button.
Now you can define the parameters of cross-section:
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List of meshes, sub-meshes and groups to which the cross-section will be applied. /n Select all button allows to select and deselect all available objects at once).
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Orientation (X-Y, X-Z or Y-Z).
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Distance between the opposite extremities of the boundary box of selected objects, if it is set to 0.5 the boundary box is split in two halves.
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Rotation (in angle degrees) around X (Y to Z) and around Y (X to Z).
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If the Show preview button is on, you can see the clipping plane in the 3D Viewer.
The plane and the cut object
If the Auto Apply button is on, you can preview the cross-section in the 3D Viewer.
The cross-section
To get a new object from Clipping, click Apply.