[Feature Request] Interactive Clipping Plane (like implemented in FEM WB)

[maxwxyz]

Is there an existing issue for this?

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Problem description

The current clipping plane options in the core module is quite static.
In the FEM WB there is a feature to create a new clipping plane on a face (selection). Can these features be implemented in the core clipping plane dialog?
Additional a feature to flip the normal / clipping plane direction would be ideal.

In FEM WB, multiple clipping planes can be activated on different face selections.
All clipping planes can be manipulated directly in the 3D view to slice/go through the whole model. (I think with Coin3D's SoClipPlaneManip: https://www.coin3d.org/Coin/html/classSoClipPlaneManip.html)

Full version info

0.22

Subproject(s) affected?

Core

Anything else?

https://forum.freecad.org/viewtopic.php?t=82636
https://www.coin3d.org/Coin/html/classSoClipPlaneManip.html
https://www.coin3d.org/Coin/html/classSoClipPlaneManip.html#a1fdc2a28dece3ca5a1fc5edcc6972713

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[kadet1090]

Can we simply replace current clipping feature with that from FEM? It seems to be more polished and there is no reason to keep both of them in the program.

[maxwxyz]

In the current tool you can specify an individual vector and offset. In FEM you need a face for a reference. Maybe the FEM clipping plane can intelligently merged with the current design (#11169), to replace the base axes which make the dialog so big (#10095 / #8477)

[luzpaz]

needs more core dev feedback here

[maxwxyz]

Related: #6204