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 # `SectionPlanes`

 Last update: 09.03.2026 

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#### *class* Ansys.Mechanical.Graphics.SectionPlanes

Bases: [`object`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#object)

Represents the collection of section planes used by graphics

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## Overview

### Methods

NameDescription[`Add`](#SectionPlanes.Add)Adds the given SectionPlane object to the collection to modify the view. Currently only 6 SectionPlane objects in the collection can be activated at once.[`Clear`](#SectionPlanes.Clear)Clears the collection of all SectionPlane objects.[`CreateSectionPlane`](#SectionPlanes.CreateSectionPlane)Creates a SectionPlane based on a coordinate system and plane orientation.[`Remove`](#SectionPlanes.Remove)Removes the requested SectionPlane from the collection.[`RemoveAt`](#SectionPlanes.RemoveAt)Removes the SectionPlane at the given index.### Properties

NameDescription[`Capping`](#SectionPlanes.Capping)Gets or Sets the Capping style of the Section Plane[`Count`](#SectionPlanes.Count)The number of section planes in the collection.[`ShowHatching`](#SectionPlanes.ShowHatching)Controls whether to render hatch lines (the black parallel lines) on the capped surfaces of section planes. Default: true[`ShowWholeElement`](#SectionPlanes.ShowWholeElement)Gets or Sets the Element Visibility of the Section Plane<a id="property-detail"></a>

## Property detail

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### *property* SectionPlanes.Capping *: [Ansys.Mechanical.DataModel.Enums.SectionPlaneCappingType](../DataModel/Enums/SectionPlaneCappingType.md#ansys.mechanical.stubs.v252.Ansys.Mechanical.DataModel.Enums.SectionPlaneCappingType) | [None](https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None)*

Gets or Sets the Capping style of the Section Plane

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### *property* SectionPlanes.Count *: [int](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#int) | [None](https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None)*

The number of section planes in the collection.

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### *property* SectionPlanes.ShowHatching *: [bool](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#bool) | [None](https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None)*

Controls whether to render hatch lines (the black parallel lines) on the capped surfaces of section planes. Default: true

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### *property* SectionPlanes.ShowWholeElement *: [bool](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#bool) | [None](https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None)*

Gets or Sets the Element Visibility of the Section Plane

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## Method detail

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### SectionPlanes.Add(sectionPlane: [Ansys.Mechanical.Graphics.SectionPlane](SectionPlane.md#ansys.mechanical.stubs.v252.Ansys.Mechanical.Graphics.SectionPlane)) → [None](https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None)

Adds the given SectionPlane object to the collection to modify the view. Currently only 6 SectionPlane objects in the collection can be activated at once.

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### SectionPlanes.Clear() → [None](https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None)

Clears the collection of all SectionPlane objects.

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### SectionPlanes.CreateSectionPlane(coordinateSystem: [Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.CoordinateSystem](../../ACT/Automation/Mechanical/CoordinateSystem.md#ansys.mechanical.stubs.v252.Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.CoordinateSystem), planeOrientation: [Ansys.Mechanical.DataModel.MechanicalEnums.Common.PlaneOrientation](../DataModel/MechanicalEnums/Common/PlaneOrientation.md#ansys.mechanical.stubs.v252.Ansys.Mechanical.DataModel.MechanicalEnums.Common.PlaneOrientation)) → [Ansys.Mechanical.Graphics.SectionPlane](SectionPlane.md#ansys.mechanical.stubs.v252.Ansys.Mechanical.Graphics.SectionPlane)

Creates a SectionPlane based on a coordinate system and plane orientation.

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### SectionPlanes.Remove(sectionPlane: [Ansys.Mechanical.Graphics.SectionPlane](SectionPlane.md#ansys.mechanical.stubs.v252.Ansys.Mechanical.Graphics.SectionPlane)) → [bool](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#bool)

Removes the requested SectionPlane from the collection.

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### SectionPlanes.RemoveAt(index: [int](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#int)) → [None](https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None)

Removes the SectionPlane at the given index.