Sectioning

This task shows you how to create a section plane on the minimum distance.

1. Select Distance.1 (i.e. the minimum distance you measured in the previous tasks) in the geometry area.

2. Click Sectioning in the DMU Space Analysis toolbar. The section plane is created on the minimum distance. The Sectioning Definition dialog box appears

   The Section viewer, showing the generated section, is automatically tiled vertically alongside the document window. The section view is a filled view

3. Click the Positioning tab, then Edit Position and Dimensions to change parameters defining the current plane position. The Edit Position and Dimensions dialog box appears. The U-axis of the section plane is positioned along the minimum distance.

    

4. Click the +Ru and -Ru buttons (Rotations box) to rotate the plane around the minimum distance.

5. Click Close in the Edit Position and Dimensions dialog box when done.

6. Click the Result tab in the Sectioning Definition dialog box to access commands specific to the Section Results window. 

7. Select Grid to display a 2D grid.

8. Select Analyze > Graphic Messages > Coordinate from the menu bar to activate the coordinates option.

9. Move the mouse over the geometry in the results window to display the coordinates of the point selected.

10. Deselect the coordinates option.

11. In the Definition tab, click Volume Cut to obtain a 3D section cut. The material in the negative direction along the normal vector of the plane (W-axis) is cut away. The cavity within the product is exposed:

12. Re-click Volume Cut to restore the representation.

13. Click OK in the Sectioning Definition dialog box when done.