About 3D Clippings

The 3D clipping can be added on a generative view to define the 3D limits of the geometry to be drawn in view. This simplifies the view and gives a better visualization of the required view area. This topic provides more information about 3D clipping.

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See Also
Adding a 3D Clipping
Adding a Volume Clipping

Addition or Removal of 3D Clipping

This sub-topic provides information about applying or removing 3D clipping.

Right-click the view and select 3D Clipping. The following options are displayed:

  • Modify 3D Clipping: Lets you modify the 3D clipping.
  • Remove 3D Clipping: Removes the 3D clipping and restores the entire view.
  • Apply 3D Clipping To: Clips the selected 3D elements in another view.

Commands Available in the Context Menu

For a 3D clipping, it is possible to execute the following context menu commands from the tree:

  • Delete: You can delete the 3D clipping specification. In this case, the generative view needs an update. After updating the view, the clipped specification is removed.
  • Cut/Copy/Paste: You can move or duplicate the 3D clipping specification from one view to another.

Automatic propagation of the 3D clipping specification: Views created from an initial view (i.e. projection, auxiliary, section, detail views) will automatically get the same 3D clipping specification as the current initial view.

About Volume Clipping

The 3D volumes are defined and are linked to the ship definition, that is fire zones, decks, etc. You can create and manage these volumes in the Space Allocation app which are later used in generative views to define the volume clipping in the views.

Important: Only one volume object can be associated to a generative view. The volume object used by the generative view, has to be aggregated under the same root product as that of the 3D geometry drawn in the view.

The Volume clipping operation is compatible with all the following generative specifications:

  • All projection views
  • Offset Section View and Aligned Section View
  • All detail views
  • Breakout View
  • Broken View

Clipping Vs Filtering

PLM filters are used by generative views to create views from filters. Whereas, the volume clipping can be used to the views which are previously filtered.

Therefore, clipping by a volume object is not to be considered as a filtering behavior.