SectionPlaneSettings

Details Panel

New

Launches the SectionPlane command to create a new section plane defintion.

Delete

Deletes the currently selected section plane definition.

Section Plane Name

Double click the field to rename the section plane.

Live Section

Click the checkbox to switch the live section property of a section plane on/off.

State

Indicates the state of the section plane.

The image below shows a 3D solid (red) and the position and size of the section plane entity (green)

The options are:

• Plane: The cutting plane and the section line display.
  The cutting plane extends infinitely in all directions.
  The cut-away volume displays transparently in blue.
  If a Plane state is applied to a jogged section plane entity, the first segment of defines the cutting plane.

• Boundary: The cutting plane and a 2D box, indicating the extents of the cutting plane in the XY-plane, display.
  The cutting plane extends infinitely in the Z-direction.
  The cut-away volume displays transparently in blue.

• Volume: the cutting plane and a 3D box, indicating the 3D  extents of the cutting plane, display.
  The cut-away volume displays transparently in blue.

Plane Transparency

Sets the transparency of the cutting plane in the drawing.

Plane Color

Sets the color of the cutting plane in the drawing.

The color of the section line is defined by the Color property of the section plane entity.

Edit panel

If you Select multiple section definitions, you can edit them simultaneously. If a setting is defined differently in the selected section definitions, the setting field reads *varies*.

2D Section / elevation block creation settings

Select multiple section plane entities to define their settings simultaneously.

3D Section block creation settings

Select multiple section plane entities to define their settings simultaneously.

Live section settings

Select multiple section plane entities to define their settings simultaneously.