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Chapter 18. Sectioning
Sectioning allows you to make up to 6 sectional cuts in any plane while still being able to navigate around
the scene, enabling you to see inside models without hiding any item. Section planes are stored inside
viewpoints and so can also be used within viewpoint animations and object animations to show a
dynamically sectioned model. See The Viewpoints Control Bar for more information on viewpoints, and
Chapter 19, Animation for more information on animations.
Slices can also be created using two opposing section planes and linking them. In this way you can move
a slice through the scene in real time and can again link this to viewpoint animations, object animations,
and viewpoints.
Sectioning a model
There are up to 6 section planes enabled at one time, but there is only one that is active. The section
plane that is active is numbered in the drop-down box. However, you can link section planes together to
form slices.
The Sectioning toolbar is shown above. To open it,
Right-click anywhere in the toolbar area of the screen, and click Sectioning on the shortcut menu.
or
Click Sectioning on the Workspace toolbar.
Manipulating the active section plane:
1. Choose the plane that you wish to manipulate using the numbered drop-down box. In this drop-down
box, there will always be one more than the number of enabled section planes in the scene, up to a
maximum of 6.
2. Set the Step Size by clicking Step Size . This opens the Sectioning Plane dialog box.
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