To Specify the Cut Plane Display of a Wall Style

Use this procedure to specify the properties of one or more cut planes for a wall style. Cut plane display properties apply only to display representations, such as Plan, that are used in the Top view (plan view) of a drawing.

To better visualize the elements of a wall in plan view, you can create cut planes. The main cut plane is where the shrinkwrap and hatching are applied. The plan display shows the components and objects in the wall as they are displayed at the height of each cut plane.

The cut plane settings you specify in the wall style override the cut plane settings in any display configuration applied to a viewport. When you add doors, windows, openings, or door/window assemblies to a wall, you can specify in the display properties of those objects or their styles whether they respect the cut plane of the wall or of the display configuration.

  1. Click Manage tabStyle & Display panelStyle Manager.
  2. Expand Architectural Objects, and expand Wall Styles.
  3. Select the wall style that you want to change.
  4. Click the Display Properties tab.
  5. Select the display representation where you want the changes to appear, and select Style Override.
  6. If necessary, click .
  7. Click the Cut Plane tab.
  8. Select Override Display Configuration Cut Plane.
  9. To specify the cut plane where shrinkwrap, component boundaries, and hatching take effect, enter a value for Cut Plane Height.
  10. Select Automatically Choose Above and Below Cut Plane Heights to show the components above and below the cut plane height.
  11. To specifically define a cut plane, select Manual Above and Below Cut Plane Heights, click Add, and enter the height of the new cut plane.
    If you add a cut plane … Then …
    at a height that is lower than the value for Cut Plane Height objects are displayed using the properties specified for the Below Cut Plane component on the Layer/Color/Linetype tab.
    at a height that is higher than the value for Cut Plane Height objects are displayed using the properties specified for the Above Cut Plane component on the Layer/Color/Linetype tab.

    You can click Remove to delete a cut plane that you added.

  12. Click OK.