Autodesk 256B1-05A761-1301 - AutoCAD Revit Structure Suite 2010, User Manual

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Considerations for Section Views in the Family Editor
■ You can create a section view in the Family Editor.
■ Section views are not available for in-place families.
■ If the section symbol appears without a head, you need to load the section head. See Changing the
Section Head on page 145.
Creating a Section View
1 Open a plan, section, elevation, or detail view.
2 Click View tab
➤
Create panel
➤
Section.
3 Click Section tab
➤
Element panel, and from the Type Selector select Detail, Building Section,
or Wall Section.
4 On the Options Bar, select the view scale.
5 Place the cursor at the starting point of the section, and drag through the model or family.
NOTE You can snap a section line parallel or perpendicular to a non-orthogonal datum or wall.
Snapping to a wall is available in plan views.
6 Click when you reach the end point of the section.
The section line and the crop region appear and are selected, as the following image shows.
7 If desired, resize the crop region by dragging the blue controls. The depth of the section view
changes accordingly.
8 Click Modify or press Esc to exit the Section tool.
9 To open the section view, double-click the section header, or select the section view from the
Sections leaf of the Project Browser.
The section view changes when the design changes or the section line is moved.
Related topics
■ Displaying a Section View on page 143
■ Controlling Section View Width and Depth on page 140
■
Breaking Section Lines on page 139
■ Changing the Section Head on page 145
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