Section View

1 . Click the Section View icon, which is pictured above. The icon can be found on the Layout page > Navigate section.

Alternative: Invoke Section View using the Find Tool by searching the command name and clicking the icon, which is pictured above.

 Learn more about alternative methods for launching commands.

2 . The status line prompts "Add: Section View". Various Locators become active along with Locate - Pan - Return mouse bindings. Left-click (Locate) the first point of the section view to define one lateral boundary of the section view.

Alternative: Press Esc or right-click (Return) to cancel the command.

3 . The status line prompts "Locate second point". The arrowhead that appears when you move your mouse cursor indicates which direction the section view will face. Left-click (Locate) the second point to define the second lateral boundary of the section view.

Alternative: Press Esc or right-click (Return) to cancel the command.

4 . Your current view in the model changes to the new section view. The view is perpendicular to the points defined in steps 2 and 3. The section view displays any steel that falls within the lateral boundaries defined by the first and second points (and falls within the Depth checking limits).

Note: At this point you have not actually created a new view; you have simply changed your current view in Modeling. Use Save View As to save a complete section view or Save Area to save a partial section view.