The view cut manager allows you to create a view cut and to activate, reposition, edit, copy, rename, delete, or customize a previously created view cut. In the Visualization module, the manager also enables you to activate and deactivate a free body cut for the displayed view cut. The following sections describe how to create and manage view cuts and, in the Visualization module, their associated free body cuts:

• “Creating or editing a view cut,” Section 79.2.1

• “Displaying a cut section and its free body cut,” Section 79.2.2

• “Allowing for multiple free body cuts,” Section 79.2.3

• “Repositioning a view cut,” Section 79.2.4

• “Copying, renaming, and deleting a view cut,” Section 79.2.5

• “Customizing the cap color for a view cut,” Section 79.2.6

• “Customizing the cut model display in the Visualization module,” Section 79.2.7

• “Customizing free body display on the active view cut,” Section 79.2.8