‘Section Along Curve’ palette

Here you can select the elements you want to display in the section. In addition, you can define whether the section is to adapt automatically to changes you make to the palette or 3D model.

After having clicked the

Remove/Add·Elements button, you can select the elements you do not want to display in the section. You can click any element in an open drawing file.
The selected elements appear in the detection color when generating the section.

To select a single element, click it.
To select elements in a selection rectangle, hold down the left mouse button and open a selection rectangle around the elements you want to select.
Some tools allow you to select all elements in the current document by clicking All in the input options or pressing CTRL+A.

To get detailed information on all selection options provided by Allplan, see Selecting elements, overview.

When selecting elements, you can use filters, which allow you to filter by element type or property. For more information, see Using filters.

When you click the button again, the elements you filtered out appear in the detection color. Click these elements to display them in the section again. To select several elements in a section, use the

brackets.

You can specify which drawing files are to be considered for the section. After clicking the button, all active drawing files are then displayed in the Select drawing file dialog box.

Note: The drawing files that are currently loaded are already selected (current drawing file and the drawing files that are open in edit mode and reference mode) when you open the palette.

You can specify which layer is to be considered for the section. After clicking the button, the layer visibility is then defined in the Layer filter dialog box. Click

to reset the settings selected in the Layer filter dialog box.

By selecting this option, you create an associative section. The program immediately updates the section to reflect any changes you make to the palette. This also applies to changes in the 3D model. Here, too, the section adapts automatically without you having to select the modification tool. When you create new elements, however, the program will not update the section until you modify it.

By entering factors, you can resize the section in the x-direction, y-direction, or in both directions. A factor < 1 reduces the section; a factor > 1 enlarges the section.
You can therefore display the section without detailing at a scale that differs from the

reference scale.

Enter the section identifier. Click

if you want to delete the section identifier.

If the upper and lower boundary planes of the section are not derived from the selected elements, clear the Height from elements option and enter the values for the upper and bottom level.

If you do not want to display the clipping path in plan, disable the Place clipping line option. Otherwise, click the Set button to define how the clipping path looks.