Dcrb Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Hello, I have created a viewport of a sectional 3D view whilst using a clip cube by right clicking on one of the clip cube faces/planes and selecting 'create viewport'. However, this creates a viewport with only the one section cut through on the plane/face I selected by right clicking. I would like ideally to create a viewport where 2 or 3 of the planes/faces of the clip cube are acting as a cut through (ie. exactly the same view that I am able to create in the design layer by moving the clip cube on multiple faces at once). Is it possible to do this? Quote Link to comment
Tom W. Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Yes when you right-click on the face of the Clip Cube you're creating a Section Viewport. But if you want a viewport of the Clip Cube itself just arrange it the way you want it then select 'Create Viewport' from the View menu + make sure that 'Display With Clip Cube' is enabled in the settings. Once you've created the viewport, if you decide you need to adjust the clip cube, right-click + choose 'Edit Design Layer'. The clip cube used to create the viewport will stay with that VP once removed from the design layer so can be returned to at any time + edited. If you need to change the rotation, right-click + choose 'Edit Crop' + use flyover tool to change the orientation of the clip cube 3 Quote Link to comment
Dcrb Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 (edited) Thank you for your reply. I'm not sure where to enable 'Display With Clip Cube'? I select 'create viewport' from 'View', which takes me to the 'create viewport' window. The only settings option I can see here is 'render settings'. If I select 'ok' from here, then the viewport is created without the clip cube. Edited February 15, 2021 by Dcrb Quote Link to comment
Tom W. Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 What version of VW are you using? Quote Link to comment
Dcrb Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 I'm using VW 2018. Quote Link to comment
Tom W. Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Ok clip cube viewports came in in 2019 I think Quote Link to comment
Dcrb Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 So I've downloaded VW 2021. It seems like you can't enable 'display with clip cube' if you want to use 'hidden line' render mode. Is that right? Is there any way around it? Quote Link to comment
Tom W. Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Clip Cube only works in Wireframe, OpenGL and Renderworks render modes 1 Quote Link to comment
Dcrb Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 OK, thank you. Quote Link to comment
Mark Aceto Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 On 2/15/2021 at 2:12 PM, Tom W. said: Clip Cube only works in Wireframe, OpenGL and Renderworks render modes You just saved me hours (in Dashed Hidden Line). Quote Link to comment
Tom W. Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Cool! I saw your other post was just about to reply 🙂 Quote Link to comment
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