Section object grips
help you move and resize the section object.
Grips allow you to adjust the location, length,
width, and height of the cutting area.
- Base grip. Acts
as the basepoint for moving, scaling, and rotating the section object.
It is always adjacent to the Menu grip.
- Second grip.
Rotates the section object around the base grip.
- Menu grip.
Displays a menu of section object states, which control the display
of visual information about the cutting plane.
- Direction grip.
Controls the viewing direction of the 2D section. To reverse the
viewing direction of the section plane, click the Direction grip.
- Arrow grip.
(Section Boundary and Volume states only.) Modifies the section
object by modifying the shape and position of the section plane. Only
orthogonal movements in the direction of the arrow are permitted.
- Segment end grips.
(Section Boundary and Volume states only.) Stretches the vertices
of the section plane. You cannot move segment end grips so that
segments intersect. Segment end grips are displayed at the endpoints of
jogged segments.
You can select only one
section object grip at a time.
To adjust a section object
using grips
- In the drawing area, click the section
plane.
Depending on the current
section plane state, different grips are displayed.
- Hover over the grip with the cursor until
it turns red. Then drag the grip to a new location.
- To adjust the height, width, or depth
of a section plane, click the Menu grip and select Section Volume
or Section Boundary.
CommandsSECTIONPLANE
Creates a section object
that acts as a cutting plane through 3D objects.
System VariablesGRIPSIZE
Sets the size of the
grip box in pixels.
