Data entry tools

Tool(s): Create View + Create Section

The following data entry tools assist you:

• You can enter an angle of rotation in the dialog line.
• You can click Match parameters to use the settings of an existing view or section.
• You can click Load favorite to enter and, if necessary, change the settings saved as a favorite file.
• You can click Save as a favorite to save the existing settings as a favorite file.
• You can click Anchor point for preview to attach a specific point of the preview to the crosshairs.
  

  Choose from one of the following options:

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  This defines the point of transport relative to the crosshairs.

• You can click X Fct and Y Fct to specify a zoom factor in the x direction and/or y direction.
• You can click Status to toggle between a hidden line image (Hidden) or a wireframe model (Wire).
• You can click the Def... button to define the parameters for a hidden line image.
• You can click the Accelerated button to switch between exact hidden line representations (No) and accelerated hidden line representations (Yes). The setting of this option affects the performance of your computer when you create hidden line representations and convert data to 3D.

  For accelerated hidden line representations, only the settings in the Surface elements area are taken into account. All the other parameters you have set for hidden line images are ignored. The format properties for visible and hidden edges are not used either. The same applies to the settings you have made in the Section display and Surface elements for intersected 3D objects areas: they are not taken into account.
  Consequently, the elements are displayed with adjacent edges and the format properties of the model data are used. Thick lines are not applied and hidden edges are represented by dashed lines. The setting of the Display hidden edges check box defines how hidden edges are displayed.

  Note: Regardless of the selected setting, printing is always based on exact hidden line representations.

• You can click Convert to convert the view or section to 3D or 2D elements. Associativity is retained in either case.
  When you convert views and sections to 3D, the representation is derived from the 3D model and cannot be modified directly. When you convert views and sections to 2D, on the other hand, Allplan creates discrete lines. You can modify the format properties of these lines using Format Properties on the elements' shortcut menu. Furthermore, you can delete segments of lines. Any changes you make to the model are retained unless they affect the modified line.

  Note: When views and sections are converted to 3D wireframe models, instances of smart symbols are only displayed when the value defining the sequence in which they are displayed is set to 0.

• You can click Filter to specify the scope of the elements displayed. You can define whether all the elements (Off), the shell, the shell and the reinforcement or the shell and the fixtures is/are displayed in the view or section.
  When you change this setting later using the Modify View and Section Properties tool, Allplan automatically removes the elements that are filtered out but it does not add elements.
• You can click Section Settings (only available when you create sections) to set parameters for the section display .
• You can click Dimension Line or Elevation Point to define the dimensioning type. You can also click Dimension Line Settings to set parameters for the dimension line. If you do not want to create dimension lines, just click the Dimension Line or Elevation button again to switch off dimensioning.
• You can click Dimension line, label in compliance with options and/or Placement display in compliance with options to create reinforcement views based on the label and representation settings in the Options.
• You can click Toggle to define text parameters for the labels.