To Capture Cross-Sectional Cuts by Moving a Section Plane

To capture cross-sectional cuts by moving a section plane

  1. If the Animator window is not already open, click Animation tab Create panel Animator.
  2. Select the desired section plane set in the Animator tree view.
  3. Click Viewpoint tab Sectioning panel Enable Sectioning.

    Autodesk Navisworks opens the Sectioning Tools tab on the ribbon, and draws a section plane through the model in the Scene View.

  4. Click Sectioning Tools tab Planes Settings panel Current Plane drop-down, and select the plane that you want to manipulate.
  5. Click Sectioning Tools tab Transform panel and click the sectioning gizmo you want to use (move or rotate ). By default, the move gizmo is used.

    Drag the gizmo to adjust the initial position of the plane in the Scene View.

  6. Click Capture Keyframe on the Animator toolbar to create a keyframe with the initial position of the section plane.
  7. In the timeline view, move the black time slider to the right to set the desired time.
  8. Use the gizmo again to adjust the depth of your cross-section cut.
  9. To capture the current plane changes in a keyframe, click Capture Keyframe on the Animator toolbar.