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    <ol class="ol steps"><li class="stepexpand"><p class="li step">Create a cutting plane through the center of your model:<ol type="a" class="ol substeps"><li class="li substep">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>.</li>
<li class="li substep">In the viewport, press 
<span class="ph uicontrol">Alt</span> to enable curve detection, position your mouse pointer over your model until 
<img class="image" src="../CpsUserImages/PositionArrow.png"/> indicates the correct position (alignment does not matter), and then click.
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<table class="Remark" id="table132"><tr><td class="Remark"><span class="run-in">Tip:
				</span> You can reposition the cutting plane after creating it with 
<span class="ph uicontrol">Move Cutting Plane</span> 
<img class="image" src="../Icons3DVIA/I_CPSCuttingPlaneMove.png"/>.</td></tr></table>
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<li class="stepexpand"><p class="li step">In the Properties pane, for 
<span class="ph uicontrol">Axis</span>, select the alignment you want.</p></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><p class="li step">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 and Add <img class="image" src="../Icons3DVIA/I_CPSCuttingPlaneCreateAndAdd.png"/></span></span> to create a second cutting plane.</p></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><p class="li step">Click 
<span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">Author</span> &gt; <span class="ph uicontrol">Cutting Planes</span> &gt; <span class="ph uicontrol">Union Mode <img class="image" src="../Icons3DVIA/I_CPSCuttingPlaneUnionMode.png"/></span></span> to toggle between a thin cut and a thick cut.</p></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><p class="li step">Drag the edge of the second cutting plane to rotate to achieve a 45-degree cross section. <p> 
<table class="Remark" id="table132"><tr><td class="Remark"><span class="run-in">Tip:
				</span> To create a 90-degree cut, set the 
<span class="ph uicontrol">Axis</span> property for the second cutting plane.</td></tr></table>
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<li class="stepexpand"><p class="li step">For each cutting plane, in the Properties pane, set the 
<span class="ph uicontrol">Opacity</span> to 0 and 
<span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">Capping</span> &gt; <span class="ph uicontrol">Color</span></span> to the same color.</p></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><p class="li step">If you want only some actors to be cut:<ol type="a" class="ol substeps"><li class="li substep">Select the actors you want to cut.</li>
<li class="li substep">Click 
<span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">Author</span> &gt; <span class="ph uicontrol">Cutting Planes</span> &gt; <span class="ph uicontrol">Apply to Selection <img class="image" src="../Icons3DVIA/I_CPSCuttingPlaneApplyToSelectionSet.png"/></span></span>.</li>
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