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The display properties of 2D section/elevation blocks and 3D section blocks

are controlled in the Section Settings dialog box.

When you create section blocks, you have the following choices for how they

are handled:

■ Insert the section blocks. At the time of creation, you can insert a 2D or

3D section block into the drawing or save it to an external file. A 2D section

block is inserted on the XY plane of the current UCS, including section

blocks that extend into 3D space.

Inserted section blocks are initially unnamed. You can set the scale,

rotation, and basepoint upon insertion. You can modify and rename them

later by editing the block with BEDIT.

■ Export section blocks to a file. Save and name the new section objects so

they can be inserted later.

■ Save section block components on separate layers. By default, section

block components such as intersection boundary, intersection fill,

background lines, cutaway geometry, and curve tangency lines are saved

on Layer 0. However, you can separate the components of saved section

blocks onto separate layers with a suffix or prefix that you specify.

Assigning a suffix or prefix helps you organize the block components into

layers that you can sort and identify quickly. The Layer properties lists in

the Section Settings dialog box provide the opportunity to customize the

layer names.

■ Specify whether to limit the section block to certain objects. The objects

that are included in a section block vary, depending on which section

object state is selected. You can also select specific objects to be included

as you create the section block.

Save Section Objects as Tools

As with other objects, you can create tools from individual section objects

and then access them in a tool palette when you need them.

If each of several section objects has its own set of properties, you can save

each section object as a tool. Later, you can quickly create new section objects

that use the same settings.