Clip planes

This window lets you hide the front or back of the view.

Clip planes window

Clip planes is a way to prevent GiD from drawing elements of the geometry or mesh that are either very close to or far from the observer.

By moving the Near plane bar, the geometry that is closer to the viewer is hidden, while moving the Far plane bar hides the geometry that is further from the viewer.

To see the changes as they are performed, select Dynamic update. Selecting Fixed distance leaves a constant distance between both planes.

A new center of rotation can be entered or picked in the graphical window.

The Increase boundaries option adjusts the maximum setting possible for the Far plane and Near plane bars.

Note: All this information is reset when performing a zoom frame. (see Zoom ).