Cut on Plane Command

1 . Before using this tool:

1a : Go to a view that is perpendicular to the cut that you want to make. If you want the cut in a plane that is perpendicular to a particular surface, Use one of the Surface tools to snap to that surface. Set the depth check limits of the view to (or beyond) the limits of the cut you intend to make. Cut on Plane cuts the material to the depth checking limits of the view and not any further. It only cuts the one selected material.

1b : Place construction lines so that there are INCL points where you want to locate the line that defines the plane of the cut.

2 . Preselect a material to enable the Materials contextual page and click the Cut on Plane icon found in the Operations section. Skip step 3.

Alternative : Invoke Cut on Plane using the Find Tool by searching the command name and clicking the Cut on Plane icon, which is pictured above.

 Learn more about  alternative methods for launching commands.

3 . Skip this step if you already selected a material in step 2.

3a : Cut on Plane prompts you to use Select One Item mouse bindings to left-click ( Select ) the one material you want to cut. This prompting also occurs when a member or more than one submaterial is selected before invoking the command.

Select One Item bindings

4 . The status line prompts, "Locate point". Locate- Pan -Return mouse bindings become active. The material is highlighted and various Locate options become active.

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Alternative 1 : Select the appropriate Locate icon (if it's not selected already), then move your mouse pointer ( ) so that the point location target ( ) snaps to the beginning of the cut line, then left-click ( Locate ).

Alternative 2 : Right-click ( Return ) to cancel the Cut on Plane operation and keep everything as it was before step 2. Do not continue.

5 . The status line prompts, "Locate point".

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Alternative 1 : Move your mouse pointer ( ) so that the point location target ( ) snaps to the end of the cut line, then left-click ( Locate ).

Alternative 2 : Right-click ( Return ) to cancel the Cut on Plane operation and keep everything as it was before step 2. Do not continue.

6 . The status line prompts, "Verify material cut." The computer screen redraws to show a preview of the cut. Yes-No mouse bindings become active.

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Alternative 1 : Left-click ( Yes ) to accept the way that the material is shown to be cut. Go to step 8.

Alternative 2 : Right-click ( No ) if you want a different cut. Go to step 7.

7 . Skip this step if it does not apply. If you right-clicked ( No ) in step 6, the computer screen redraws to show the material cut on the opposite side of the cut line.

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Alternative 1 : Left-click ( Yes ) to accept the way that the material is shown to be cut. Go to step 8.

Alternative 2 : Right-click ( No ) to end the Cut on Plane operation and keep everything as it was before step 2. Do not continue.

8 . The Change All Options window opens. On it is a " Warnings " list. Material change " Options " become active along with the Warnings if the 3D model contains other pieces of material with the same submaterial piecemark as the one material you performed this operation on.

Alternative 1 : Make the appropriate selections on this window, then press the " OK " button on the bottom of the window to regenerate the material.

Alternative 2 : Press the " Cancel " button to end the Cut on Plane operation and keep everything as it was before step 1.

Note 1: If you made this cut on a rolled section, the fields " Web cut angle " and " Flange cut angle " and " Material setback " are automatically adjusted on the Rolled Section Material window.

Note 2: If you performed this operation on system connection material, the connection is made graphical . Also, cutting system-generated main material makes that main material user main material.