Floor Plan Section Cut Line

If the section line is invisible change the floor plan scale factor back to a value that enable you to see the section line.

Floor plan section cut line. In the properties locate the parameter hide at scales coarser than. It displays a list of section views and floor plan views. If more than one building section cut is needed the symbols are drawn at a similar size to adhere to a uniform standard. In your floor plan view you can step your cutting planes by selecting the camera s symbol to highlight it.

The plan is typically cut at a height of about 4 feet but the architect drawing the plan may cut it at a different height. Interior and exterior elevations are noted on the floor plan in much the same way as building section cuts figure 6 29. If you have not setup any views before choosing this option the dialog box will be empty. Plan drawings are in fact a type of section but they cut through the building on a horizontal rather than vertical plane.

It is also called a plan which is a measured plane typically projected at the floor height of 4 ft 1 2 m as opposed to an elevation which is a measured plane projected from the side of a building along its height or a section or cross section where a building is cut along an axis to reveal the interior structure. Select the section line. This means that you have an imaginary plane cutting through the building at an elevation of 4 feet above the floor. Therefor you see in the cut anything that the plane passes through.

That s what a plan view is after all. Click the break line edit button and then click in the middle of one of the clip planes to place a break. Back in the pencil and mylar days the convention that a plan is a horizontal section cut at 3 ft. To create stepped cutting planes.

Adapt the value of this parameter to avoid the section line to be hidden when changing the scaling factor to the correct. Figure 6 28 shows how building section cuts are indicated on floor plans. The direction of the plane through which the section is cut is often represented on plan drawings and elevations by a line of long and short dashes called a section plane.