Set Section Object States

Work with Section Objects

Access Section Object Shortcut Menu

 

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Use Section Object Grips

Concept

Quick Reference

When you select a section object, various types of grips display that perform different functions. These grips are

• Base grip. Acts as the basepoint grip for the section object for moving, scaling, and rotating the section object. It is always adjacent to the Menu grip.
• Menu grip. Displays a menu of section object states.
• Direction grip. Shows the direction from which 2D sections are taken and from which direction live sectioning will be viewed. To reverse the direction of the section plane, click the Direction grip.
• Arrow grip. Moves segments of the section line perpendicular to themselves. As segments are moved, the length of the segments are changed but the angle of adjacent segments remains the same.
• Second grip. Rotates the section object around the base grip.
• Segment end grips. Behave like polyline grips, but they can’t be moved so that segments intersect. Segment end grips display at the end points of jogged segments.
  NoteOnly one section object grip can be selected at a time.