Displaying a Section of a Layer
You can display a section of a layer.
From the
Review
section of the
action bar
, click
Section
Select the
Section Plane
.
Select the
Crossed Objects
to which the section applies.
Select the required
Section Type
.
Realistic
Schematic
: Sufficient for most cases, makes the computation shorter.
Select the
Display Type
.
Surfacic
: Each section is a planar surface.
Block Linear
: Each section is a closed contour.
Light Linear
: Each section is a curve.
Enter a
Scale Factor
(Integer only).
Enter the section ramp size
Optional:
Select a projection plane or create it from the
context menu
.
The section is projected onto this plane instead of onto the cutting plane.
Enter the
Default Layer Thickness
value.
The default layer thickness is used whenever the thickness information or material are missing.
Validate.
The sections are created.
If it did not already exist, a
Review tools
is created in the
tree
.
A
3D Sections
node is created under
Review tools
.
Each time you create a set of sections, it is added to the
3D Sections
node, as
3D Section.x
This set contains the created sections.