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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
.
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