NVIZ Reference Manual


CONTENTS

Cutting Planes Panel

The Cutting Planes panel controls the cutting planes (slices) between two or more surfaces.



Cutting Plane Panel


OPTIONS

Current
Shows the name(s) of the available cutting planes. Use this menu to select a new current cutting plane.

Z
Adjusts the elevation of the current cutting plane. This option has no effect unless cutting plane tilt is non-zero.

XY
Sets the position of the current cutting plane. You can click and drag the cross hair or manually enter coordinates to set the XY position.

Five color options are available.

T
Sets the cutting plane color to the top surface color.

B
Sets the cutting plane color to the bottom surface color.

BL
Blends a cutting plane color using the top and bottom surfaces colors.

GR
Sets the cutting plane color to grey.

N
Uses no color. The cutting plane is transparent.

Note: If the color of the cutting plane still keep black when using the color-options T or B, use the rotate slider and rotate the cutting plane for 180°. The color only applies to one side of the cutting plane.

Rotate
Rotates the current cutting plane about the North/South axis (side to side).

Tilt
Rotates the current cutting plane about the East/West axis (front to back).

Reset
Resets the cutting plane(s) to default values.

All Off
Turns off all active cutting planes.

Close
Closes the Cutting Planes panel.