To Align a Section Plane to Surface

To align a section plane to surface

1. Click Sectioning Tools tab Mode panel Planes .
2. Click the Current Plane drop-down on the Planes Settings panel, and select the plane you want to customize, for example, Plane 1.

   This plane becomes the current plane.

3. Click the Alignment drop-down on the Planes Settings panel, and click Align To Surface .

   The cursor changes to a crosshair .

4. In the Scene View, click somewhere on an object you want to align to.

   Autodesk Navisworks updates the position and alignment of the section plane so that it is placed ‘on’ the surface of the selected object.

5. Optional: Click Sectioning Tools tab Save panel Save Viewpoint to save the current sectioned viewpoint.