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Summary

Section plane objects create sections of 3D solids, surfaces, and meshes. Use live sectioning with section plane objects to analyze a model, and save sections as blocks for use in layouts.

List of Options

The following options are displayed.

Face or Any Point to Locate Section Line

Specifies a face to establish the plane of the section object.

Alternatively, you can select any point on the screen that is not on a face to create a section object independent of the solid or surface. The first point establishes a point around which the section object rotates.

• Through point. Sets a second point that defines the plane of the section object.

Draw section

Defines the section object with multiple points to create a section line with jogs.

This option creates a section object in the Section Boundary state with live sectioning turned off.

Orthographic

Aligns the section object to an orthographic orientation relative to the UCS.

A section object that contains all 3D objects is created with the specified orientation relative to the UCS (not the current view). This option creates a section object in the Section Plane state with live sectioning turned on.

• Align section to. Sets the position of the section object to align with one of the following UCS orientations that you specify:
  • Front
  • Back
  • Top
  • Bottom
  • Left
  • Right