Creates section planes of 3D solids, surfaces, polyface meshes, and 3D faces; the result is a slice made of region entities.
Accessing the Command
command bar: section
alias: sec
menu bar: Model | 3D solids| Section
toolbar: 3D Solids | Section
: Section
Prompts you in the command bar:
Select entities: (Choose one or more 3D entities)
Entities in set: 1
Select entities: (Choose more 3D entities, or else press Enter to continue.)
Specify first point on section plane or Object/Zaxis/View/XY/YZ/ZX: (Enter an option.)
Specify a point on the current view plane <0,0,0>: (Pick a point, or enter x,y,z coordinates)
Section made in the current view plane (left); section made of a region (right)
Command Options
Option |
Description |
Select entities |
Specifies one or more 3D entities from which the section is created:
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Specify first point on section plane |
Pick a point to specify the location of the plane in which the section lies; prompts you:
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Object |
Creates the section from entities that intersect the 3D solid; prompts you: Select a circle, ellipse, arc, 2D-spline, or 2D-polyline - (choose an entity; you can also use elliptical arcs.) The entity defines the plane through which to create the section. |
Zaxis |
Creates a section in the plane defined by one point on the plane, and a second on the plane's normal (z axis); prompts you:
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View |
Creates a section in the plane of the current 3D viewpoint; prompts you: Specify a point on the current view plane - (pick a point to define the height of the section.) This is probably the easiest of the options. |
XY |
Creates a section parallel to the x,y plane; prompts you: Specify a point on the XY-plane - (pick a point to define the height of the section above or below the x,y plane.) |
YZ |
Creates a section parallel to the y,z plane; prompts you: Specify a point on the YZ-plane - (pick a point to define the height of the section above or below the y,z plane.) |
ZX |
Creates a section parallel to the z,x plane; prompts you: Specify a point on the ZX-plane - (pick a point to define the height of the section above or below the z,x plane.) |
Related Commands
Interfere - creates 3D volumes of intersecting 3D solid models.
Intersect - removes volumes not in common between two solid models.
Slice - cuts 3D solids into two parts.
Subtract - removes one solid model from a second.
Union - joins two or more solid models into a single entity.
ClipDisplay - toggles the Clip Display property of a section plane or a BIM section entity.
BimSection - creates a BIM section entity.
BimSectionOpen - opens the drawing file related to a BIM section entity; or the 3D BIM model related to a BIM section drawing.
BimSectionUpdate - exports or updates the result of a BIM section in a drawing.
LiveSection - switches the Live Section property of a section plane on or off.
SectionPlane - creates a section entity that creates sections of 3D solids, 3D Faces, and Surfaces.
SectionPlaneSettings - defines the properties of a section plane entity in the Drawing Explorer - Section Planes dialog.
SectionPlaneToBlock - saves the selected section plane to a 2D cross section / elevation block or a 3D cutaway section block.