The Apply Clip Volume tool recognises Solids and closed elements like Shapes.
Could the ACV tool be enhanced to allow it to recognise planar faces of SmartSolids and other 'difficult' elements like ABD's TF Forms and Meshes.
This would make it a lot more usable, like the way Tekla's Clip Plane and Navisworks' Align to Surface tools work.
Sketchup also has the same workflow.