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To align a section plane to view
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 View
.
4 Optional: Click Sectioning Tools ➤ Save panel ➤ Save Viewpoint to save the current sectioned
viewpoint.
Move and Rotate Section Planes
The section planes can be manipulated with the sectioning gizmos, available from the Sectioning Tools tab ➤
Transform panel. You can also manipulate the section box numerically. Section planes can be moved and rotated
but cannot be scaled.
By default, when a section plane is made current, the move gizmo is used, unless you have already selected the
rotate gizmo before activating the section plane. All gizmos share the same location/rotation. This means that
moving one gizmo affects the position of others.
You can only manipulate one plane at a time (the current plane), but it is possible to link section planes together
to form slices.
Quick Reference
The following table illustrates how the sectioning gizmos work with the section planes.
BehaviorGizmo
Perpendicular arms and faces move the
current plane and the gizmo. Parallel arms
and face move only the gizmo.
Move
The position of the gizmo signifies the
center of rotation. Perpendicular arcs rotate
Rotate
the current plane and the gizmo. Parallel
arc rotates only the gizmo. Arms move only
the gismo.
Is not used with section planes.Scale
To move a section plane with gizmo
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 use, for
example, Plane 3.
This plane becomes the current plane.
3 If the move gizmo is not visible in the Scene View, click Transform panel ➤ Move
.
4 Drag the gizmo to move the current plane as needed.
TIP Perpendicular arms and faces move the current plane and the gizmo. Parallel arms and face move only the
gizmo.
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