Position of the Section Plane on Different Geometries
A section plane is positioned according to the selected geometry. In
this section, positioning of the section plane on planes, canonical
faces, non canonical faces and edges are discussed.
Planes and Non Canonical Faces
A section plane is placed on the face/plane at the
selection point which becomes its origin. In case of plane
selected from the specification tree, the origin of this selected plane
becomes origin of section plane.
Canonical Faces
Default Position of the Section Plane
On the canonical faces, default position of the
section plane is such that:
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It passes through the axis of the canonical face.
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Origin of the section is the projection of the
selection point onto the axis of the canonical face.
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Normal of the section plane is on the line
defined by the origin of the plane and the selection point.
Position of the Section Plane using Shift
If you press Shift while selecting the position of the
section plane on the canonical face, it gets placed such that:
Position of the Section Plane using Ctrl
If you press Ctrl while selecting the position of the
section plane on the canonical face, it gets placed on the face at the
selection point as in case of non canonical faces.
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If you simultaneously press both Shift
and Ctrl while positioning section plane, it gets
positioned as mentioned in the Ctrl behavior. |
Edges
Default Position of the Section Plane
On the edges, default position of the section plane
is tangent to the edge at the selection point.
Position of the Section Plane using Shift
If you press Shift while selecting the
position of the section plane on edges, it passes through the tangent to
the edge at selection point. In this case, normal is computed depending
on the viewpoint.
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