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Specify 3D Views Interactively (3D Orbit) | 159
Adjust Clipping Planes (3D Orbit)
You can set clipping planes for the objects in 3D Orbit view. A clipping plane
is an invisible plane. Objects or parts of objects that move beyond a clipping
plane cannot be seen in the view. In the Adjust Clipping Planes window,
there are two clipping planes, front and back. The front and back clipping
planes are represented as lines at the top and bottom of the Adjust Clipping
Planes window.
You use the toolbar buttons or the options on the Adjust Clipping Planes
shortcut menu to choose the clipping plane that you want to adjust.
If clipping planes are on when you exit the 3D Orbit view, they remain on in
the 2D and 3D view.
You can adjust only one clipping plane at a time except when using the
Create Slice option. On the toolbar, the depressed button indicates the plane
that you are adjusting. When you’ve finished adjusting one plane, you can
adjust the other. If the Create Slice button is depressed, you are adjusting
both planes at the same time.
Turn Clipping Planes On and Off
Closing the Adjust Clipping Planes window does not turn the clipping planes
off. You can rotate the 3D Orbit view and still see the clipping planes. As you
rotate the view, different portions of the objects are clipped as they pass
through the clipping planes. You can use the 3D Orbit shortcut menu to turn
the clipping planes off and on.
Note If the clipping planes are on when you exit 3D Orbit view, they remain
on in the 2D and 3D view.
To adjust clipping planes in the 3D Orbit view
1 From the View menu, choose 3D Orbit.
2 Right-click in the drawing area, and choose More ➤ Adjust Clipping
Planes.
The Adjust Clipping Planes window displays the objects in the view,
rotated at a 90-degree angle. You set the clipping planes in the Adjust Clip-
ping Planes window, and the results are displayed in the main 3D Orbit
view.