1. A method comprising: generating a virtual weld joint having a virtual weld bead with a simulated welding system including a processor-based subsystem, a spatial tracker, and a mock welding tool, wherein generating the virtual weld joint comprises: tracking, via the spatial tracker, manipulations of the mock welding tool by a user; and simulating, by the processor-based subsystem, creation of the virtual weld bead of the virtual weld joint responsive to the manipulations of the mock welding tool by the user as tracked by the spatial tracker; displaying an image of the virtual weld joint having the virtual weld bead, on a display device of the simulated welding system, that was generated using the simulated welding system; receiving a user input, via an input device of the simulated welding system, to select a location along a length of the image of the virtual weld joint; and displaying a cross-sectional image of the virtual weld joint at the location selected by the user input.