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Clipping Planes

Clipping planes can cut through a model to reveal cross-sections, internal structures, or other details that are usually hidden by outer pieces.

Three customizable clipping planes are available. They can be placed and modified manually, or automated during an animation using a channel animation.

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Animating Clipping Planes

Three types of animation channels exist for clipping planes. These allow you to:

  • Enable/Disable the clipping plane

  • Position the clipping plane along the X, Y and Z axes

  • Orient the normals for the X, Y and Z axes

Note

It is strongly recommended that you use all three position or all three normal channels together in the same clip when animating clipping planes.