6.5.1. Dynamic section

You can generate the section of the model with the commands in the View menu - Sectionsubmenu.

Follow the steps below to create a dynamic section:

• First you have to set the properties of the section line, including the lower and upper height limits of the section.

• Then you have to define the path of the section line and set the view direction.

• The program then generates the sectional view of the model in accordance with the section line in a new section window.

In the section window the program refreshes the sectional view when changes are made to the model. This can be automatic or optional.

Any changes made to the model in the section window, e.g. deletion of a wall, will appear on the floor plan.

The section window follows the section line: Moving, rotating or mirroring the section line on the plan view by any markers, the section view will be updated immediately

The quality of the sectional view depends on how detailed the model is, i.e. if there are multi-layered walls, slabs, whether you specified how layers are joined.

The following rules are applied when you create a section:

• When creating a 3D sectional view, the name of the window will be generated automatically (Section1, Section 2 etc.). In the File menu - Project properties dialog you can rename the name of the section window (the original name of the file that represents the section window will not change).

• One 3D section window belongs to each section line. This way the connection of one section line to more 3D section window, which makes the section unidentifiable after some time, can be avoided.

• If a 3D section window that belongs to a section line is in invisible state (you can check it in the File menu - Project properties dialog) then the create section command will pop up a warning message and no new 3D section window will be created.

• If a visible 3D section window belongs to an existing section line then the section window will be refreshed by the Create command.

• The identification of sections that have been already created in older projects (created by versions prior to ARCHLine.XP^® 2007 Release2) is not working.