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Structural Design Using Catalogue Components : Attributes of Connected Joints : Cutting Plane
Cutting Plane
Keywords:
CUTPlane
Description:
The position of a Joint which has an Attached Section is derived from the intersection of the Attached Section’s Joining Line (JLIN) and the Joint’s Cutting Plane. The Cutting Plane Direction, that is the direction of the normal to the Cutting Plane, is defined by the setting of the CUTP attribute. The default direction is Up.
It is the position of the Joint’s Cutting Plane which defines the effective length of the Section (but also refer to Cutback Allowance).
Examples: 
CUTP N45D
The normal to the Cutting Plane points in the specified direction.
CUTP PERP
The normal to the Cutting Plane is set perpendicular to the Joint’s Origin Plane.
Command Syntax:
>-- CUTPlane --+-- <bdir> ---------.
               |                   |
               ‘-- PERPendicular --+-->
Querying:
Q CUTP
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