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3 Specify the second corner of the section plane.
4 Specify the elevation of the section plane, and press ENTER.
5 Specify the depth of the section, and press ENTER.
6 Proceed with creating the section, as described in “ Creating a 2D or 3D Section ” on page 1779.
Creating and Editing a Live Section View
A live section view is a special view of a 3D model section.
A live section view is always applied to all objects in the drawing. Unlike a 2D or 3D section, you do not choose a
selection set of objects to be contained in the section. All objects are contained in the live section view. Their display
properties are determined by whether or not they are situated within the bounding box of the section line.
The objects contained in the live section view are not converted into a section object, but are retained as objects in the
drawing. They keep all of their properties and display components, and can be edited. The area of objects that lie outside
of the section line, or objects that lie completely outside of the section line, can be displayed or hidden. The appearance
of these objects, and of parts of objects outside of the section line, is controlled by the Sectioned Body component.
When you render a live section, you can show the outside part as a half-transparent addition, for example.
The live section view can be turned on and off in a drawing.
Rendered live section view with transparent outside material
NOTE When a live section view contained in a project view drawing is dragged onto a project sheet, and the live section
view should be displayed in the sheet view, the external reference of the view needs to be selected in the sheet, and have a
display configuration override applied to it, as described in
“ Using the External Display Configuration ” on page 295 .
Creating a Live Section View
Use this procedure to create a live section view of your building model.
1 Draw a section line through the building model.
NOTE You do not need to select objects for the live section view. The live section view is created from the whole
drawing.
2 Switch to a 3D view, such as SW Isometric.
3 Select the section line, right-click, and click Enable Live Section.
Updating a Live Section View
When you create a live section view, the sectioned objects are not converted into a section object. Instead, the objects
remain in the drawing. The objects and object areas which are inside the section line retain their previous display
properties. A brick wall inside a section line retains its brick pattern and its dark red linework. The objects and object
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