Only visible if the Show All mode is activated.

Here you can edit clipping planes. To select a clipping plane, click on the corresponding button. The editing functions which you can use to modify the selected clipping plane become visible when you activate the specific clipping plane.

On the Clipping tab you can edit the clipping planes. On the 3D tab you can activate or deactivate the relevant clipping planes in the 3D volume.

Parameter

Description

Show All Clipping Planes

Activated: Automatically inserts all 3 clipping planes into the 3D volume. Additionally the editing functions for each clipping plane were activated automatically.


X/Y

Activates the editing functions for the X/Y clipping plane.


X/Z

Activates the editing functions for the X/Z clipping plane.


Y/Z

Activates the editing functions for the Y/Z clipping plane.

Activate

Activated: Activates the selected clipping plane in the 3D volume. The corresponding settings become visible. You will find a detailed description of the settings in the list below.

Note: Each plane is positioned at the center of the 3D volume and aligned orthogonally (in the X/Y, X/Z, Y/Z direction).

Reset All

Resets all parameters to the original values.

The following parameters are only visible if the Activate checkbox is activated and a clipping plane has been selected.

Parameter

Description

Clipping Plane Style

Change the display of the selected clipping plane using the dropdown list to the right of the Activate checkbox. The following settings are available:

-

Invisible

The plane is invisible.

-

Colored

The plane is displayed in color. The frame color is used with 50% transparency here.

-

Binary

The data above the threshold value that are touched by the clipping plane are displayed in binary form as a white area. Black pixels are non-transparent.

-

Transparent

The data that are touched by the clipping plane are displayed as they are in Transparent view mode, but in 2 dimensions. The ramp for the transparency is linear here. Black pixels are transparent.

-

Textured opaque

The display appears as it does with the Textured setting. Black pixels do not let any light through, however, meaning that the render data behind them are not displayed.

Outline

Activated: Displays the frame of the selected clipping plane. Enter the frame color via the color field.

Clip Front

Activated: Clips the front of the 3D volume.

Clip Back

Activated: Clips the back of the 3D volume.

Clip Transparency

Only active if Mixed view mode is activated.

Activated: In addition to the surface data, also clips the transparency data.

Clip Surface Channels

Only visible if Surface or Mixed view mode is activated.

Here you can enter which channel you want to be clipped using the channel buttons.

Position

Here you can enter the position of the selected clipping plane.

<X
(X Angle)

Here you can enter the X angle for the selected clipping plane.

<Y
(Y Angle)

Here you can enter the Y angle for the selected clipping plane.

Reset Orientation

Resets the selected clipping plane to the original position.