What are Clip Planes?
Clip planes enable you to precisely make a cut in a solid, leaving you the option to keep either or both parts of the resulting two solids. It is in some ways quicker and more efficient than carving or vertex manipulation.
Using clip planes is very easy:
1. Select the object to be clipped. (fig. 1)
2. Select the Clip Plane button on the MapTools toolbar.
3. Drag a line across the selected object. (fig. 2) This is the clip line. The part of the object to be kept will be highlighted in thick white lines.
Note: You can cycle through the clip modes by clicking on the clip plane button, or by pressing Shift-X (fig.2, 3, 4). You can move both points of the clip line by holding CTRL and dragging one point of it.
4. When you are satisfied with the potential resulting object, press Enter to perform the clip. (fig. 5, 6)
Related Topics:
• vertex manipulation and carving