Creating Cut-Planes

This feature allows users to create cut-planes from volume meshes.

Creating a Single Cut-Plane

A single cut-plane can be created by selecting the Single option of the Cut Plane menu, using the following steps:

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, 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: defines 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: defines 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: defines the Z-positon where cut-plane will be located.

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

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

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

3. Click the Apply button.

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

Figure 33 - Create single Cut Plane feature at the Pre page of Iota.

Creating Multiple Cut-Planes

Multiple cut-planes can be created by selecting the option Multiple in the Cut Plane menu and using the following steps:

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, select the mesh by using the selection mode on the Views toolbar and click 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: defines the X-positon where the first cut-plane will be located.

     • End Point: defines 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: defines the Y-positon where the first cut-plane will be located.

     • End Point: defines 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: defines the Z-positon where the first cut-plane will be located.

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

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

3. Click the Apply button.

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

5. Once the process completes, the new cut-planes will be rendered and listed on the Pre page.

Figure 34 - Create multiple Cut Plane feature at the Pre page of Iota.