To display a cut section:

1. From the main menu bar, select ToolsView CutManager.

   The View Cut Manager appears with a list of all the view cuts that have been created during the current session. A check mark appears in the Show column to the left of the active view cut.

2. Click the check box in the Show column to the left of the view cut you wish to activate or deactivate.

   The active view cut is used to cut through the model in the current viewport.

   Tip:  You can also activate or deactivate a view cut using the tool in the toolbox. If no view cut is active, selecting this tool will activate the first view cut in the list in the View Cut Manager (usually the default X-plane cut). If a view cut is active, selecting this tool will deactivate the cut.

3. Click the check boxes in the Model columns to the right of the view cut to display the model below , on , and/or above the cut (these positions are not mutually exclusive).

   The selected portion of the model is displayed in the viewport.

4. If the active view cut is planar, click the check box under the icon in the Model columns for the active view cut to activate or deactivate a free body cut showing the resultant forces and moments along that plane, acting on the visible component. For example, you will see equal and opposite free body vectors when you switch from the “Show below cut” option to the “Show above cut” option.

   Note:  The View Cut Options enable you to control three aspects of free body cut display on view cuts. You can compute the free body cut based on the current display group or on the whole model, and you can adjust the summation point and component resolution for the free body cut. You can enable free body cut display on a view cut for solid geometry and for shell sections or beam sections. For more information, see “Customizing free body display on the active view cut,” Section 46.2.6.