Modifying Section Views – ARCHLine.XP

You can modify the Section Properties after the section view is created.
1. Right-click the section view and click Properties. The Section Properties dialog box appears.

2. Activate the section view, and change properties in the Dashboard.

Editing commands:

To change the length of the section line	Select the cutting line edge marker and choose Lengthen
To change the cut direction as indicated by the arrows	Select Flip Direction in the Section View header or Dashboard.
To change the location of the section line	Select the cutting line midpoint anchor marker and choose Move

Representation on 2D:

Properties	Description
Representation in 2D	General section line properties like layer, colour, line type, line width and draw order
Style of texts
Arrow head on section line	Change the position of the arrow head relative to the section line
Left visible	Visibility of letter label left
Right visible	Visibility of letter label right
Visible on all floors (More precisely in Floor dialog / Parameters)	You can optionally select this option and click the Floor dialog / Parameters button on any floors. In this way, you can select or deselect additional floors on the floor plan to represent the section line.

Representation in 3D:

Representation mode
Visual Style
Section visibility templates
Section upper limit (relative to project zero)
Section lower limit (relative to project zero)
Zero depth section	3D model behind the section line is not represented in this view
Crop region. Depth:	The region displayed behind the section line. It helps to control more accurately what displays in the section view.
Partial section
Level annotation lines are visible	With this option the level annotation line appears at each floor level on the section view. If you check the box it displays the level annotation with its name and its height. If you uncheck the box, it will hide that annotation.
Annotation line symbol	With this option, a selectable symbol appears at the end of the annotation lines.
Width of symbol	With this value you can set the size of the symbol displayed at the end of annotation lines.
Style of floor level lines	You can select a line style for displaying the annotation lines.
Text style of level annotation line	You can select a text style for displaying the annotation texts.
Hatch on section	Each material has a Hatch in 3D setting. On the section view the sectioned items are represented with this setting if the option is switched on. When you generate a section view, the program does not apply hatch automatically to the cutting planes, because in the case of big models it would take too long. If you want to apply hatching to the cross-sectional cutting plane, activate the Always Update Section checkbox. If Always Update Section is deactivated the program sends a warning: "Section update must be turned on to execute the command."
Highlighted items on section plane	Using the section tool there is the possibility to set different line thickness based on the item type that was intersected by the section plane. This possibility gives you the ability to visualize main structural objects and other objects with different conditions. Click the ellipsys button and check item types in the Classes dialog. The Section line weight setting is applied to the selected classes in the section view.
Section Line weight	The Section line weight setting is applied to the selected classes in the section plane.

Markers:

Section head	On the ends of section line you can apply different labels instead of arrows. To do this, select this option. Click the button and select the appropriate group from the Section endings library. Enter the value of the variables. For example A 1.
Width od symbol	Size of the symbol
Color	Colour of the group/arrow
Line weights
Arrowhead size
Arrowhead type
Arrowhead line length
Arrowhead Line weight

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