Creating and Editing Named Cuts

You can assign a name to cut surfaces so that you might reference them later. Named cuts can be reused with sensors, field expressions, and display groups. From the tree, you can edit the named cut.

This task shows you how to:

See Also
About Plot Sectioning
Creating Cutting Surfaces

Create Named Cuts

You can assign a name to a cut surface for future reference.

  1. From the Results section of the action bar, click Plot Sectioning .

    Tip: You can also access Plot Sectioning from the postprocessing context toolbar while in the Results action. Click anywhere on the model to show the postprocessing context toolbar.

    By default, a cutting surface is created at the center of the model. The normal to the plane is oriented in the global Z-direction.

    Note: If a plot sectioning cut was previously created and deactivated, that cut is reactivated instead of the default cut at the center of the model.

    The Plot Sectioning context toolbar appears.
  2. Click to specify a name for the cut surface.

    Tip: Alternatively, you can create named cuts from the Create Cut Surface option in the Plot Sectioning dialog box.

The named cut is available for reuse with sensors, field expressions, and display groups.

Edit Named Cuts

You can edit the plot sectioning cut definition for the named cut at any time.

  1. Expand Cut Surfaces , and right-click the named cut you want to edit.
  2. Select Edit Cut Surface Display Cut.

The Plot Sectioning dialog box opens for you to make edits to the plot section cut definition.