IotaSuite User Manual
  • Summary
  • Dashboard
    • Creating a Project
    • Editing a Project
    • Deleting a Project
    • Loading a Project
    • Unloading a Project
  • Project
    • Datasets
      • Importing a Dataset
      • Editing a Dataset
      • Deleting a Dataset
      • Visualising a Dataset
    • Screenshots
      • Importing a Screenshot
      • Editing a Screenshot
      • Deleting a Screenshot
      • Exporting a Screenshot
    • Graphs
      • Importing a Graph
      • Editing a Graph
      • Deleting a Graph
      • Exporting a Graph
    • Meshes
      • Importing a Mesh
      • Editing a Mesh
      • Deleting a Mesh
    • Videos
      • Editing a Video
      • Deleting a Video
      • Exporting a Video
    • Files
      • Importing a File
      • Editing a File
      • Deleting a File
    • Scripts
      • Importing a Script
      • Editing a Script
      • Deleting a Script
    • List of Scenarios
      • Creating a New Scenario
      • Loading a Scenario
      • Deleting a Scenario
      • Cloning a Scenario
  • Scenario
    • Creating a New scenario
    • Loading a Scenario
    • Editing a Scenario
    • Deleting a Scenario
    • Cloning a Scenario
  • Pre
    • Cretaing a Mesh of a Simple Geometry
      • Circle
      • Rectangle
      • Cuboid
      • Cylinder
    • Loading a Mesh
    • Importing a Mesh from a File
    • Filling holes of a Surface Mesh
    • Generating / Re-meshing a volume mesh
    • Remeshing a surface mesh
    • Creating Cut-Planes
  • Post
    • Visualising Results
    • Animating Results
    • Taking a Screenshot
    • Recording an Animation
    • Setting a View
      • Exporting and Importing a View
    • Post-processing Tools
      • Generating Cut Planes with Results
      • Generating a Line Variation Graph
      • Generating a Point Evolution Graph
      • Generating a Result Integral Graph
      • Generating a Result Statistics Graph
  • Graph
    • Customizing the Style of a Graph Traces
    • Customizing Graph Axes Settings
    • Exporting a Graph as an Image
  • Coarse-graining
    • Introduction
    • Coarse-granining module
      • Loading a Mesh
      • Input
        • Input DEM data
          • EDEM 2017+
          • LIGGGHTS-DUMP
          • LIGGGHTS-VTK
          • P4X
        • Pre-Filters
          • Overwrite Groups by Size
          • Filter Group ID
          • Filter by Bounding Box
          • Overwrite Velocity
          • Overwrite Groups
      • Averaging
        • Temporal Averaging
        • Spatial Averaging
          • Function
          • Width and Cutoff Factor
          • Gradients
          • Spatial Integral
        • Advanced
          • Particle Group Concentration
          • Surface/Wall Analysis
          • Residence Time
      • Output
        • Scale Results
        • Create DEM Dataset
        • Coarse Graining Output
        • Output Cylindrical Coordinates
        • Post-Analysis
          • Mixing
          • User-defined Scripts
  • Using Iota with EDEM
  • Using Iota with LIGGGHTS
    • LIGGGHTS-DUMP
    • LIGGGHTS-VTK
  • Using Iota with ANSYS-Fluent
  • Tutorials
    • Backhoe Tutorial EDEM 2017+
    • Paddle Mixer Tutorial EDEM 2017+
  • Licensing
    • Iota-Suite End User Agreement
    • Third Party Licenses
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Creating Cut-Planes

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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 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 page.

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 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.

  2. Click the Apply button.

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

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

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 and click on the mesh rendered on the screen.

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

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

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