Create Output on Section Cuts
Use the Section cut tool to select planes on which you would like to export the volume variables at given intervals.
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Create section cuts.
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From the Setup ribbon, click the
Output
tool.
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From the secondary tool set, select the Section
cut tool.
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In the modeling window, select a plane.
Tip: You can create planes along the three global axes. Rotate them using the move tool.
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From the Setup ribbon, click the
Output
tool.
- Optional:
Define section cut settings in the microdialog.
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Define the start iteration or start time.
To define the start time, see step 3 of Define Surface Probes.
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Define the output interval, refinement level, or target
frequency.
To define the refinement level, see step 5 of Define Surface Probes. To define the target frequency, see step 6 of Define Surface Probes.
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Define the start iteration or start time.
- In the microdialog, click and specify the variables to export.
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Edit the size of the section cut plane in the modeling window by completing one of the following:
- In the microdialog, click and edit the sizing values.
- Click an edge of the plane and drag the arrow to lengthen or shorten the selected side of the plane.
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Move the section cut plane in the modeling window.
- Select the section cut plane.
- In the microdialog, select .
- Use the graphical manipulator to move or rotate the section cut plane.
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From the guide bar, complete one of the following:
- Select to confirm your selection and continue creating section cuts.
- Select to confirm your selection and exit the tool.