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          Click 
<span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">Author</span> &gt; <span class="ph uicontrol">Cutting Planes</span> &gt; <span class="ph uicontrol">Create <img class="image" src="../Icons3DVIA/I_CPSCuttingPlaneCreate.png"/></span></span>.
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            If no actors are selected, the cutting plane is applied to the entire model. The cutting plane is created normal to the positioning arrow 
<img class="image" src="../CpsUserImages/PositionArrow.png" width="16" height="21"/>.
<p>Note:
		You can display a maximum of three cutting planes simultaneously.
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<table class="Remark" id="table132"><tr><td class="Remark"><span class="run-in">Tip:
				</span>To orient your model so the cutting plane is parallel to the screen, double-click the cutting plane.</td></tr></table>

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          Select the plane and do either of the following: 
          <ul class="ul choices"><li class="li choice">            To move the cutting plane to another position, click 
          <span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">Author</span> &gt; <span class="ph uicontrol">Cutting Planes</span> &gt; <span class="ph uicontrol">Move Cutting Plane</span></span> <img class="image" src="../Icons3DVIA/I_CPSCuttingPlaneMove.png" width="16" height="16"/>. Press 
<span class="ph uicontrol">Alt</span> to align on an axis.
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<li class="li choice">To rotate the cutting plane, move the mouse over a cutting-plane edge (the mouse pointer changes to 
<img class="image" src="../CpsUserImages/MouseCuttingPlaneRotate.png" width="19" height="25"/>) and drag.</li>
<li class="li choice">To change the cutting plane depth, move the mouse over the cutting plane (the mouse pointer changes to 
<img class="image" src="../CpsUserImages/MouseCuttingPlaneMove.png" width="21" height="24"/>) and drag.</li>
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