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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 on page 106
■ Sectioning on page 287
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.
6 Click Capture Keyframe
on the Animator toolbar to create a keyframe with the initial position of the
section plane.
7 In the timeline view, move the black time slider to the right to set the desired time.
8 Use the gizmo again to adjust the depth of your cross-section cut.
9 To capture the current plane changes in a keyframe, click Capture Keyframe
on the Animator toolbar.
To capture cross-sectional cuts by moving a section box
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 ➤ Mode panel ➤ Box
.
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