MotoSim Dealing With Obstructions

Introduction
There will be a time when using MotoSim you will run into an issue where it is difficult to see where the program point needs to be. For example, welding inside
a box or having to maneuver through tight tooling with a weld torch to a hidden joint. This is when you will use cutting planes. Click the icon below in the
MotoSim Home tab to add a Cutting Plan to the model.

Cutting Planes
Cutting Planes are a way to display cross sections that are perpendicular to the X, Y, and Z axes directions in the cell window. Specifically, planes can be defined
as follows:
1. X cutting plane
a. Roll about Y axis
b. Roll about Z axis
2. Y cutting plane
a. Roll about X axis
b. Roll about Z axis
3. Z cutting plane
a. Roll about X axis
b. Roll about Y axis
When you are using the X cutting plane, for example. You can adjust that plane’s attitude with the roll about of the Y axis or Z axis. This will give you the ability
of changing the angle of the cut for better viewing about those axes.

Below is an example of the Z axis plane User Coordinate System (UCS) being shown. It shows the direction, plus each additional axis of rotation available. Here,
it will be Rx and Ry.

Here, the X plane is active and was moved in the positive X direction until a hidden joint could be seen. The torch and wire are in the same location as seen above, just with a better view of where the wire is.

When you are done with whatever cutting plane you are using, simply click it again to shut it off.