Sectioning Overview

Sectioning lets you isolate a certain section or area of a project to easily visualize model content. Adjust the Sectioning box in the 3D viewer by managing the Top, Bottom, Left, Right, Front, and/or Back planes of the box.

When the mouse cursor moves through the Sectioning panel a yellow outline is shown along with a corresponding yellow line in the 3D view indicating the current edge of the section.

Sectioning Panel

To access the Sectioning panel, select View from the menu bar at the top of the screen. Then, select Sectioning.

This opens the Sectioning Panel.

Toggle OFF to ON to initiate a section box. Toggle HIDE to SHOW to see the section box in the 3D View.

• Set Box – Sets the entire section box to the selected objects boundary. Or if no objects are selected, then it resets the section box to the model boundary.
• Offset / Offset All – Adjusts the section box according to the entered criteria.
• TOP / BOTTOM / LEFT / RIGHT / FRONT / BACK – Can be enabled and can be set according to selected objects or no objects selected. If objects are selected, then the section is set to the object boundary. If no objects are selected, then the section is set to the model boundary.
• Rotation – Rotates the section box.

Sectioning Icon

Sectioning can also be switched ON or OFF with a left mouse click on the Section icon located at the bottom left of the screen. Switch SHOW/HIDE, and launch the Sectioning Panel with a right click on the icon.