Creating and Editing Cut-Section

VMoveXGUI provides the ability to create cut-sections.

This module details the steps for creating cut-sections.

  1. Load the CAE file

    In this example Gold.case file provided in the Samples/gold directory is used.

  2. Click on the Add Cut-Section icon to create cut-sections.

    Click Cut-Section

    This brings up the cut-section window.

    Cut-Section Panel

  3. Add a cut-section: A cut-section can be created in two ways:

    • Using an Equation: Enter the equation and click Add. The cut-section equation must be in the form of “AX+BY+CZ=D”.In this example, we have entered “X=0”.

    Adding Cut-Section

    The new item gets added to the Cut-Sections tree under Features.

    Added Cut-Section

    • Using a Point and Normal: Specify a point (X, Y, Z) and a normal vector (A, B, C). The equation for the cut-section is automatically generated.In this example, we have entered the point (0,0,0) and normal (1,1,1). This will generate the equation “X+Y+Z=0”.

    Added Cut-Section Through Point and Normal

  4. More cut-sections can be added in a similar way. For example, another cut-section with “Y=0” can be added.

    Added second cut-section

    An existing cut-section can be changed by changing its Plane Equation.

    Select the cut-section “Y=0” and change the value to “X+Y=0”.

    Changed the second cut-section value

  5. Proceed to translate to CAX file by clicking on Save CAX icon. The output CAX file can be opened in VCollab Professional or VCollab Presenter to visualize the file cut-sections. If any cut-section is out of bounds and not cutting the geometry then VMoveXGUI ignores it and the cut-section will not be created.