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■ Align To Line - enables you to pick a line, and place the current plane ‘on’ that line, at the point where
you clicked, and aligned so that its normal is on the line itself, facing towards the camera.
To align a section plane to one of the pre-fixed directions
1 Click Sectioning Tools tab ➤ Mode panel ➤ Planes
.
2 Click the Current Plane drop-down on the Planes Settings panel, and select the plane you want to customize,
for example, Plane 1.
This plane becomes the current plane.
3 Click the Alignment drop-down on the Planes Settings panel, and select one of the six pre-fixed directions,
for example, Top
Autodesk Navisworks updates the position and alignment of the section plane.
4 Optional: Click Sectioning Tools tab ➤ Save panel ➤ Save Viewpoint
to save the current sectioned
viewpoint.
To align a section plane to line
1 Click Sectioning Tools tab ➤ Mode panel ➤ Planes
.
2 Click the Current Plane drop-down on the Planes Settings panel, and select the plane you want to customize,
for example, Plane 1.
This plane becomes the current plane.
3 Click the Alignment drop-down on the Planes Settings panel, and click Align To Line .
The cursor changes to a target
.
4 In the Scene View, click somewhere on the line you want to align to.
Autodesk Navisworks updates the position and alignment of the section plane, so that it is placed at the
point you clicked.
5 Optional: Click Sectioning Tools tab ➤ Save panel ➤ Save Viewpoint
to save the current sectioned
viewpoint.
To align a section plane to surface
1 Click Sectioning Tools tab ➤ Mode panel ➤ Planes
.
2 Click the Current Plane drop-down on the Planes Settings panel, and select the plane you want to customize,
for example, Plane 1.
This plane becomes the current plane.
3 Click the Alignment drop-down on the Planes Settings panel, and click Align To Surface
.
The cursor changes to a crosshair
.
4 In the Scene View, click somewhere on an object you want to align to.
Autodesk Navisworks updates the position and alignment of the section plane so that it is placed ‘on’ the
surface of the selected object.
5 Optional: Click Sectioning Tools tab ➤ Save panel ➤ Save Viewpoint
to save the current sectioned
viewpoint.
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