Create 2D Section Planes



Perpendicular	Press the down arrow key and select Perpendicular to create a perpendicular section plane. Refer to Create 2D Perpendicular Section Plane for further information.
Flat	Press the down arrow key and select Flat to create a flat section plane. Refer to Create 2D Flat Section Plane for further information.
View	Press the down arrow key and select View to create a section plane using a specified view projection. Refer to Create Section Plane on View Projection for further information.
Side	Press the down arrow key and select Side to define which side of the section plane displays in the view. A shaded area indicates the side of the section plane that an area of the view is removed from.
Back	Press the down arrow key and select Back to undo the last action.
Close	Press the down arrow key and select Close to create a closed section plane.
Finish	Press the down arrow key and select Finish to end the command.
Open	Press the down arrow key and select Open to create an open ended section plane by moving the cursor across the view.

Create 2D Perpendicular Section Plane

Creates a flat section plane that is perpendicular to the view direction/orientation. Multiple points are selected to define an area. The part of the view within this area is removed from the view.

You are prompted to Specify a point or

Input P at the prompt and press Enter

You are then prompted to Specify a point or

Input values in the dimension fields and press Enter or click to identify the location of the perpendicular section plane.

A flat section plane, perpendicular to the view direction, is created from the centre point of the selected element. All elements in front of the section plane are omitted and the command ends automatically.

Throughout the section plane creation process you can press ESC to cancel the command. Additional functionality is also available.



Stepped	Press the down arrow key and select Stepped to create a stepped section plane. Refer to Create 2D Stepped Section Plane for further information.
Flat	Press the down arrow key and select Flat to create a flat section plane. Refer to Create 2D Flat Section Plane for further information.
View	Press the down arrow key and select View to create a section plane using a specified view projection. Refer to Create Section Plane on View Projection for further information.

Create 2D Flat Section Plane

Creates a section plane; in which only two points are selected to define a single straight line across a view to specify an area. The part of the view within this area is removed.

You are prompted to Specify a point or

Input F at the prompt and press Enter.

You are then prompted to Specify a point or

Input values in the dimension fields and press Enter or click to identify the first point to define the excluded area. The shaded area indicates the area to be removed from the view.

You are again prompted to Specify a point or

Input values in the dimension fields and press Enter or click to identify the second point to define the excluded area. The command ends automatically and the shaded area is removed from the view.

Throughout the section plane creation process you can press ESC to cancel the command. Additional functionality is also available.



Perpendicular	Press the down arrow key and select Perpendicular to create a perpendicular section plane. Refer to Create 2D Perpendicular Section Plane view for further information.
Stepped	Press the down arrow key and select Stepped to create a stepped section plane. Refer to Create Stepped Section View for further information.
View	Press the down arrow key and select View to create a section plane using a specified view projection. Refer to Create Section Plane on View Projection for further information.
Horizontal	Press the down arrow key and select Horizontal to define a horizontal area to be removed from the view.
Vertical	Press the down arrow key and select Vertical to define a vertical area to be removed from the view.
Angle	Press the down arrow key and select Angle to specify an angle to define the area to be removed from the view.
Side	Press the down arrow key and select Side to define which side of the section plane displays in the view. A shaded area indicates the side of the section plane that an area of the view is removed from.
Back	Press the down arrow key and select Back to undo the last action.

Create Section Plane on View Projection

Creates a section plane; in which a projection view is specified, from which multiple points are selected to form an area. The part of the view within this area is removed.

You are prompted to Specify a point or

Input V at the prompt and press Enter.

You are then prompted to Specify projection

To specify the projection direction, move the cursor to the appropriate side of the view and click. For example, if the projection is a view of the objects from the top, move the cursor to the top of the view. The objects in the 3D preview image change to reflect their appearance from the selected direction.

You are then prompted to Specify a point or

Input values in the dimension fields and press Enter or click to identify the location of the section plane position.

You are again prompted to Specify a point or

Input values in the dimension fields and press Enter or click to identify the section plane position. The shaded area indicates the area to be removed.

You are then prompted to Specify a point or <Finish>

The prompt is repeated allowing you to create multiple section plane positions.

Input F at the prompt and press Enter to end the command. The shaded area is removed from the view.

Throughout the section plane creation process you can press ESC to cancel the command. Additional functionality is also available.



Perpendicular	Press the down arrow key and select Perpendicular to create a perpendicular section plane. Refer to Create 2D Perpendicular Section Plane view for further information.
Flat	Press the down arrow key and select Flat to create a flat section plane. Refer to Create 2D Flat Section Plane for further information.
View	Press the down arrow key and select View to create a section plane using a specified view projection. Refer to Create Section Plane on View Projection for further information.
Side	Press the down arrow key and select Side to define which side of the section plane displays in the view. A shaded area indicates the side of the section plane that an area of the view is removed from.
Close	Press the down arrow key and select Close to create a closed section plane.
Back	Press the down arrow key and select Back to undo the last action.
Finish	Press the down arrow key and select Finish to end the command.
Open	Press the down arrow key and select Open to create an open ended section plane by moving the cursor across the view.