Modifying Section Views and Section Lines

Section viewports can be modified, cropped, annotated, and updated, like regular viewports. See Modifying Sheet Layer Viewports and Updating Sheet Layer Viewports.

The appearance of a section viewport can be completely customized, from the items it displays to the attributes of those items. Copies of a section viewport on a sheet layer can look completely different. Changes to a section viewport’s appearance can be made by several methods; after changes are made, update the section viewport by clicking Update in the Object Info palette.

 

Modification	Method	Description
Change the section view	Click Advanced Properties from the Object Info palette of a selected section viewport, and modify the section view from the Extent tab	Advanced Section Viewport Properties
Change the view attributes	Click Advanced Properties from the Object Info palette of a selected section viewport, and modify the attributes of the view from the Attributes tab	Advanced Section Viewport Properties
Change the section side	Click Reverse Section Side from the Object Info palette of a selected section viewport	Section Viewport Parameters
Change the cross section appearance for sectioned items	The cross section appearance is set by the Section Style class. Edit the class to change the appearance of sectioned items. If the Section Style class is made invisible, the cross sections are not displayed.	Setting Class Properties
Override the class settings from the design layer	Click Classes from the Object Info palette of a selected section viewport, and override the desired class properties	Changing the Class Properties of Sheet Layer Viewports
Change the location of the section line	Change the location of the section line with the 2D Selection tool, and update the section viewport	Modifying Section Lines Graphically
Create section viewports from unlinked section lines	Select the unlinked section lines and then select the Create Section Viewport command to create section viewports from the section lines	Creating Section Viewports from Unlinked Section Lines
Add additional section line instances to design layers or viewports	Click Section Line Instances from the Object Info palette of a selected section viewport, and specify the design layers or viewports where section line instances should display	Section Line Instances
Change the section line length, position, or type	Change the section line with the 2D Selection tool or the 2D Reshape tool, and update the section viewport	Modifying Section Lines Graphically
Change the depth of a finite section	The depth can be changed graphically or by modifying the Depth Range in the Advanced Properties of the section viewport	Modifying Section Lines Graphically, or Advanced Section Viewport Properties