Generating Cut Planes with Results

This feature allows users to generate cut-planes from volume meshes including those with results. The cut-planes are generated for all the timesteps where the meshes to be cut exists.

Generating a Single Cut-Plane

Users can create a single cut-plane by selecting the Single option of the Cut Plane menu:

1. Select a volume mesh from the list of meshes shown at the top left side of the window by clicking on its name. Alternatively, users can also select the mesh by using the selection mode on the Views toolbar and clicking on the mesh rendered on the screen.

2. Select the one of the options to define the cut-plane:

   • YZ: cut-plane will be on YZ plane, i.e., its normal direction is along X-axis.

     • Origin Point: define the X-positon where cut-plane will be located.

   • ZX: cut-plane will be on ZX plane, i.e., its normal direction will be along Y-axis.

     • Origin Point: define the Y-positon where cut-plane will be located.

   • XY: cut-plane will be on XY plane, i.e, its normal direction will be along X-axis.

     • Origin Point: define the Z-positon where cut-plane will be located.

   • Custom: any arbitrary position and orientation can be defined for the cut-plane:

     • Origin Point: define (X,Y,Z) position where cut-plane will be located.

     • Normal Vector: define the normal direction of the cut-plane.

3. Click Apply button.

4. Click OK button on the window that inform that the process is about to start.

5. Once the process finishes the new cut-plane will be rendered and listed on the Post page.

Figure 41 - Generate single Cut Plane feature at Tools tab of the Post page

Generating a Multiple Cut-Planes

Users can create a multiple cut-planes by selecting the option Multiple of the Cut Plane menu:

1. Select a volume mesh from the list of meshes shown at the top left side of the window by clicking on its name. Alternatively, users can also select the mesh by using the selection mode on the Views toolbar and clicking on the mesh rendered on the screen.
2. Select the one of the options to define the line that is orthogonal to the cut-planes to be generated:

   • YZ: cut-planes will be on YZ plane, i.e., their normal direction is along X-axis.

     • Start Point: define the X-positon where the first cut-plane will be located.

     • End Point: define the X-positon where the last cut-plane will be located.

   • ZX: cut-planes will be on ZX plane, i.e., their normal direction is along Y-axis.

     • Start Point: define the Y-positon where the first cut-plane will be located.

     • End Point: define the Y-positon where the last cut-plane will be located.

   • XZ: cut-planes will be on XY plane, i.e., their normal direction is along Z-axis.

     • Start Point: define the Z-positon where the first cut-plane will be located.

     • End Point: define the Z-positon where the last cut-plane will be located.

   • Custom: cut-planes will be othorgonal to the line defined by the Start Point and the End Point:

     • Start Point: define the (X,Y,Z) position where the first cut-plane will be located.

     • End Point: define the (X,Y,Z) positon where the last cut-plane will be located.

3. Click Apply button.

4. Introduce the number of cut-planes to be created in the Number of Cuts input field.

5. Click OK button on the window that inform that the process is about to start.

6. Once the process finishes the new cut-planes will be rendered and listed on the Post page.

Figure 42 - Generate multiple Cut Plane feature at Tools tba of the the Post page of Iota.