Clip Volume and Clip Mask view controls

The Clip Mask view control has been added to the View Control tool box. Like the Clip Volume view control, the Clip Mask view control restricts the display of elements in a view. Whereas Clip Volume lets you define the volume of the view that you want displayed, Clip Mask lets you mask a volume from display.

Clip masks may be applied to a volume inside a clip volume. In this case only those elements will display that are located within the clip volume, but outside the clip mask.

Clip Volume (left) and Clip Mask (right) settings.

Both view controls include an icon or button bar menu to let you quickly access their various options. Clip volumes and clip masks can be defined by:

• Element — including solids (other than feature solids) or closed extrusions, cylinders, or closed planar elements (shapes, circles, ellipses, complex shapes, grouped holes).

• 2 points — define a rectangular shape graphically with two points.

• Polygon — define a polygon shape graphically.

• Element Range — the volume to the range of the selected element(s).

Selecting the Show or Hide Clip Volume/Mask Element icon toggles the display of clipping elements. When they are displayed, you can use normal tools to modify them with the view updating to reflect the new clip volume, or clip mask.

You can toggle the display of clip volumes and clip masks in a view by adjusting the Clip Volume setting in the View Attributes dialog box.

Clip Volume is a replacement for Apply Clip Volume To View.