Floor Plan Section Cut

Selecting the section cut floor plan generate option from the utilities menu brings up the section floor plan views generate view dialog box.

Floor plan section cut. This means that you have an imaginary plane cutting through the building at an elevation of 4 feet above the floor. It displays a list of section views and floor plan views. If part of a floor is cut through the floor should appear to be solid instead of showing any lines from the top of the walls on the floor below. The reason for doing it this way instead of using sketchup s built in section cut tool is that this way eliminates the empty spaces where a mass has been cut revealing the geometry below.

Therefor you see in the cut anything that the plane passes through. 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. 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.