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Work with Section Plane Sets
A section plane set contains a list of cross-sectional cuts of your model, and
a list of keyframes to describe how they move.
NOTE Each scene can only have one section plane set in it.
See also:
Gizmos (page 160)
Sectioning (page 455)
To add a section plane set
1 If the Animator window is not already open, click Animation tab
➤ Create panel ➤ Animator .
2 Right-click the desired scene name, and click Add Section Plane on
the shortcut menu.
You are now ready to capture cross-sectional cuts.
To capture cross-sectional cuts by moving a section plane
1 If the Animator window is not already open, click Animation tab
➤ Create panel ➤ Animator
.
2 Select the desired section plane set in the Animator tree view.
3 Click Viewpoint tab ➤ Sectioning panel ➤ Enable Sectioning
.
Autodesk Navisworks opens the Sectioning Tools tab on the ribbon,
and draws a section plane through the model in the Scene View.
4 Click Sectioning Tools tab ➤ Planes Settings panel ➤ Current
Plane drop-down, and select the plane that you want to manipulate.
5 Click Sectioning Tools tab ➤ Transform panel and click the
sectioning gizmo you want to use (move or rotate ). By default,
the move gizmo is used.
Drag the gizmo to adjust the initial position of the plane in the Scene
View.
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