Cut Lines presentation

Cut Lines is a type of presentation which displays colored cells with applied scalar values on the mesh where lines are placed.

The procedure of construction of Cut Lines presentation reuses the algorithm of creation Cut Planes presentation and consists of two steps:

1.  From Cut Planes presentation one plane is taken and it is used as base plane for construction of cut lines.

2. This plane is cut by a regular array of planes. The result of this operation is a regular array of lines in space,  belonging to the same plane and having the same orientation. They are located inside or on the mesh.

To create a Cut Lines presentation:

- Right-click on one of the time stamps of the field in the Object browser and from the pop-up menu choose Cut Lines, or

- Click on one of the time stamps of the field in the Object browser and select from the main menu Visualization > Cut Lines, or click icon in the Visualization Toolbar.

• Plane of lines: this tab of the dialog box contains the parameters of the base plane, on which the cut lines will be located.

• Orientation check boxes allow to set the orientation of cut planes in 3D space. You should select two of three axis (XY, YZ, or ZX) in which your planes will be located in 3D space

• Rotations of the planes in 3d space around the axes of the selected orientation. (The angle of rotation is set in degrees.)

• Base plane position: position of the base plane. This value can be set by default or entered manually.  

• Displacement of the plane. This parameter defines position of the base plane in 3d space.

• Show preview check box allows to edit the parameters of the presentation and simultaneously observe the preview of this presentation in the viewer.

• Generate Data Table: If this check box is marked, Visu will automatically generate a data table on the basis of your Cut Lines presentation. This table will be created in the structure of the study.   

• Generate Curves: If this check box is marked, Visu will automatically generate curve lines on the basis of values taken from the generated data table. These curves will be created in the structure of the study and can be visualized in a XY plot.  

See more about table presentations and curve lines here.

• Cut Planes: this tab of the dialog box contains the parameters of cut planes, which will be used for construction of the cut lines.

• Scalar Bar tab allows to define the parameters of the scalar bar displayed along with this presentation (see also).

After you have finished with setting these parameters, click OK. Your presentation with scalar bar will be immediately displayed in the viewer:

From Cut Lines presentation you can create a data table. This table will consist of the field scalar values located on each cut line of the constructed presentation (see also: Creating tables from Cut Lines presentations). After that your data table can be used for construction of a 2d plot of curves based on the scalar values from the table (see also: Creating curves and Creating XY plots).