# NVIZ Reference Manual

CONTENTS

## Cutting Planes Panel

The Cutting Planes panel controls the cutting planes (slices) between two or more surfaces.

### OPTIONS

Current
  Shows the name(s) of the available cutting planes. Use this menu to select a new current cutting plane.
Z
  Adjusts the elevation of the current cutting plane. This option has no effect unless cutting plane tilt is non-zero.
XY
  Sets the position of the current cutting plane. You can click and drag the cross hair or manually enter coordinates to set the XY position.

Five color options are available.

  T
    Sets the cutting plane color to the top surface color.
  B
    Sets the cutting plane color to the bottom surface color.
  BL
    Blends a cutting plane color using the top and bottom surfaces colors.
  GR
    Sets the cutting plane color to grey.
  N
    Uses no color. The cutting plane is transparent.
  Note: If the color of the cutting plane still keep black when using the color-options T or B, use the rotate slider and rotate the cutting plane for 180°. The color only applies to one side of the cutting plane.
Rotate
  Rotates the current cutting plane about the North/South axis (side to side).
Tilt
  Rotates the current cutting plane about the East/West axis (front to back).
Reset
  Resets the cutting plane(s) to default values.
All Off
  Turns off all active cutting planes.
Close
  Closes the Cutting Planes panel.