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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.
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.
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