About Clipping View/Annotations Plane

A 3D shape can be clipped according to the active view/annotation plane.

The 3D shape can be clipped according to:

• Front View
• Section View
• Section Cut View
• Aligned Section View/Section Cut
• Offset Section View/Section Cut

Important: The clipping orientation is defined by: The normal of a view/annotation plane. The normal of first view/annotation plane in an Aligned Section View/Section Cut or Offset Section View/Section Cut.

By default, the first color returned by the PartBody object of the 3D shape is applied to the clipping section, even when a material has been applied to the 3D shape.

See Hatching, coloring or dotting for clipping plane.

In order to customize the representation of the clipping section, when a material has been applied, edit in specification tree, the Drawing domain object of the material, in the Materials node under the product containing the 3D shape.

• You can select Hatching, Dotting or Coloring,
• You can set their parameters according to your needs,
• When the same hatching definition is applied to several parts of an assembly, the hatching orientation follows the standard defined by your administrator.

Important: Only Hatching, Coloring or Dotting are applicable. The clipping is only displayed in the active window of your session. View/annotation plane Show/Hide status does not affect the clipping.

When you select a view/annotation plane or an Aligned Section View/Section Cut or Offset Section View/Section Cut, this one is automatically clipped.

The following selection modes are supported:

• In the specification tree,

• In the geometry window,

• Through a tolerancing capture which contains at least one view/annotation plane.

Important: This behavior is only available when 3D Annotation Query Switch On/Switch Off is on . See 3D Annotation Query. Material properties defined for Clipping Plane are taken into account. When you select a tolerancing capture containing several view/annotation planes, only its active view/annotation plane, or Aligned Section View/Section Cut or Offset Section View/Section Cut, is clipped. View/annotation plane selection overrides Clipping Plane behavior. In view/annotation plane multi-selection context, clipping is applied on the last selected view/annotation plane only, View/annotation plane Show/Hide status does not affect the clipping.