BimSection

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Creates a BIM section entity.

Accessing the Command

command bar:  bimsection

menu bar:  BIM | Define Section

toolbar:  BIM |

: bimsection

The section plane aligns to the current coordinate system.

If Dynamic UCS (UCSDETECT) is ON, the section plane aligns to the face of a 3D solid under the cursor.

Prompts you in the command bar:

Specify start point or Scale: (Specify a point.)

Specify through point: (Specify a point.)

The location of the second point, with respect to the first point, defines the view direction of the BIM section.

BIM section entities are created on the BIM_Sections layer.

Command Options

Procedures

General procedure to create a BIM section entity

Defining the BIM Section entity properties

To define a plan section

To define a cross section

To define an elevation

Turning a section plane into a BIM section entity

Creating a jogged BIM section entity

Grips Editing

BIM Section entities can be edited through grips.

Select the entity. Notice that it has 3 grips.

1. Start grip: allows to move the section and the position of the Start callout..

2. End grip: allows to modify the orientation of the section and the position of the End callout.

3. Center Grip: allows to move the section and the position of the Mid callout.

4. Click the arrow to flip the view direction.

Related Commands

BimSectionUpdate - exports or updates the result of a BIM section in a drawing.

ClipDisplay - toggles the Clip Display property of a section plane or a BIM section entity.

Section - creates section planes of 3D solids; the results are region entities.

SectionPlane - creates a section entity that creates sections of 3D solids.

SectionPlaneSettings - defines the properties of a section plane entity in the Drawing Explorer - Section Planes dialog.