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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Clipping</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">In NX, dynamic clipping is performed with the command:</p>
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_section.gif" border="0">  <b class="uiTerm">Section</b></p>
            <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">View</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Operation</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Section</b></p>
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      <p class="para_topic">Options include:</p>
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         <li class="condense">Select a Section Definition type of <b class="uiTerm">One Plane</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Two Parallel Planes</b>, or <b class="uiTerm">Box</b>.
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         <li class="condense">Drag or rotate the dynamic manipulator handles.</li>
         <li class="condense">Display the clipping cap as the body color or a specified color</li>
         <li class="condense">Display interference volumes</li>
         <li class="condense">Create a datum plane on the specified plane</li>
         <li class="condense">Save section curves on the specified plane
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      <p class="para_topic">Turn dynamic clipping off using:</p>
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_section_toggle.gif" border="0">  <b class="uiTerm">Section Toggle</b></p>
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