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.. only:: html

    .. note::
        :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

        :ref:`Go to the end <sphx_glr_download_examples_00-basic-pyvista-examples_clipping_plane.py>`
        to download the full example code.

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.. _sphx_glr_examples_00-basic-pyvista-examples_clipping_plane.py:


.. _ref_clipping_plane:

====================
Use a clipping plane
====================

This example shows how to use a clipping plane in the Visualization Interface Tool to cut a mesh.

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.. code-block:: Python


    import pyvista as pv

    from ansys.tools.visualization_interface import ClipPlane, Plotter

    mesh = pv.Cylinder()








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Create a plotter and clip the mesh
==================================

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.. code-block:: Python

    pl = Plotter()

    # Create a clipping plane
    clipping_plane = ClipPlane(normal=(1, 0, 0), origin=(0, 0, 0))

    # Add the mesh to the plotter with the clipping plane
    pl.plot(mesh, clipping_plane=clipping_plane)
    pl.show()







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   .. tab-item:: Static Scene



            
     .. image-sg:: /examples/00-basic-pyvista-examples/images/sphx_glr_clipping_plane_001.png
        :alt: clipping plane
        :srcset: /examples/00-basic-pyvista-examples/images/sphx_glr_clipping_plane_001.png
        :class: sphx-glr-single-img
     


   .. tab-item:: Interactive Scene



       .. offlineviewer:: /home/runner/work/ansys-tools-visualization-interface/ansys-tools-visualization-interface/doc/source/examples/00-basic-pyvista-examples/images/sphx_glr_clipping_plane_001.vtksz







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.. _sphx_glr_download_examples_00-basic-pyvista-examples_clipping_plane.py:

.. only:: html

  .. container:: sphx-glr-footer sphx-glr-footer-example

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter

      :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: clipping_plane.ipynb <clipping_plane.ipynb>`

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python

      :download:`Download Python source code: clipping_plane.py <clipping_plane.py>`

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-zip

      :download:`Download zipped: clipping_plane.zip <clipping_plane.zip>`