SectionPlaneSettings – Bricsys Support and Help Center

Creates and edits properties of named section planes, through a dialog box.

Note: Section planes are created with the SectionPlane command.

Accessing the Command

command bar: sectionplanesettings

ribbon: Home | Settings | Drawing Explorer | Section Planes
toolbar: sections |

: SectionPlaneSettings

Displays the Section Plane section of the Drawing Explorer dialog box:

Option	Description
New	Creates new sections planes; see the SectionPlane command.
Delete	Deletes the currently selected section plane definition without warning

Option	Description
Section Plane Name	Names the section plane; double click the field to rename it.
Live Section	Determines whether the section plane is of the live variety: On - the section is a live one, and so can be edited interactively Off - section plane cannot be edited directly
Clip Display	Determines whether the section plane clips the 3D model: On - the model is clipped by the section plane Off - the model is not clipped
State	Determines the state of the section plane: Click the field From the droplist, choose another state: Plane - shows the cutting plane as a plane that extends infinitely in all directions. When cutting plane is covert to Plane state, the first segment of a jogged section plane entity defines the properties of the cutting plane. Boundary - the cutting plane is a 2D box, indicating the extents of the cutting plane in the XY-plane. The cutting plane extends infinitely in the Z direction. Volume - the cutting plane is a 3D box, indicating the 3D extents of the cutting plane, display
Plane Transparency	Specifies the level of transparency of the cutting plane: Click the field Enter a different level of transparency, from 0 (opaque) to 90 (nearly transparent)
Plane Color	Sets the color of the cutting plane in the drawing. Click the field In the Select Color dialog box, choose another color Click OK See the Color command.

When you select two or more section plane names, you can edit their properties simultaneously in this panel

Edit Panel Option	Description
Type	Specifies the type of section plane: 2D Section / elevation block creation settings - specifies properties for 2D sections and elevations 3D Section block creation settings - specifies properties for 3D sections Live Section Settings - specifies properties for live sections A different set of properties are available for each type of section plane, and each type can look different in drawings.
2D Section / elevation block creation settings	Sets the properties of 2D sections and elevations (used by the BIM module):
3D Section block creation settings	Sets the properties of 3D sections:
Live section settings	Sets the properties of live sections:

LiveSection - switches the Live Section property of a section plane on or off.

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

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

SectionPlaneToBlock - saves the selected section plane to a 2D cross section / elevation block or a 3D cutaway section block.

Explorer - Opens the Drawing Explorer dialog box.