FEM static post processing clipping planes

[ThomasR]

Greetings,
I would like to view the stresses inside a solid by using clipping planes. I have not been able to to that with FreeCad FEM.
If clipping planes aren't the right way , does anybody know how to view FEM results of elements/nodes inside a body ? Thank you.

[fandaL]

Try to use "Post Pipeline from results" which is the first green icon and than "Post create clip filter" which is the second green icon (see circled icons below). You can create a cutting plane or a sphere.

For developers:
When I cut by a plane I can display only nodes. When I cut by a sphere coloring edges works, but surfaces are black if I use "Surfaces" or "Surfaces and edges"

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OS: Windows 7
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.17.9184 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: master
Hash: 14e32213747928d3a01ab95cf09f611fa383981e
Python version: 2.7.8
Qt version: 4.8.7
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 7.0.0

[ThomasR]

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Thank for pointing out the 'pipeline'. On my FEM workbench, I do not get the following icons ( see attached file) . What do I need to install or select to get these ?

[fandaL]

Download a development version 0.17 https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/releases It do not need installation. Simply unzip it and open from bin folder. There are plenty of great improvements in FEM workbench since a 0.16 version.
Due to changes and different OS it is sometimes useful to include FreeCAD info to questions and problem reporting as is described here viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2264

[ickby]

For developers:
When I cut by a plane I can display only nodes. When I cut by a sphere coloring edges works, but surfaces are black if I use "Surfaces" or "Surfaces and edges"

You need to enable background lightning.

[fandaL]

Thanks. Surface displaying for cutting by a sphere now looks as expected.