To Specify the Cut Plane Display of a Wall

Use this procedure to specify the properties of one or more cut planes for an individual wall. 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.

1. Double-click the wall you want to change.
2. On the Properties palette, click the Display tab.
3. Under the General category, for Display component, verify that *NONE* is selected.
4. For Display controlled by, select This object.
   Note: To apply your changes to all walls in the drawing, select Drawing default setting. To apply changes to all walls of this style, select Wall Style:<style name>.
5. If necessary, expand Object Display Properties Cut Plane.
6. For Override cut plane, specify whether you want to override the global cut plane defined for the current display configuration.
7. If you selected Yes for Override cut plane, enter a value for Height to define the cut plane for this object.
8. To specify whether to display object components both above and below the cut plane, or to define additional cut planes for the wall, click Manual cut planes.
9. On the Manual Cut Planes worksheet, do either or both of the following:
   • To display object components above and below the cut plane, verify that Automatically Choose Above and Below Cut Plane Heights is selected.
   • 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 Layer/Color/Linetype properties specified for the Below Cut Plane component of the object.
     at a height that is higher than the value for Cut Plane Height	objects are displayed using the Layer/Color/Linetype properties specified for the Above Cut Plane component of the object.

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

You can also access and modify these same cut plane settings through the wall’s context menu, as follows:

1. Select the wall you want to change, right-click, and click Edit Object Display.
2. In the Object Display dialog box, click the Display Properties tab.
3. Select the display representation where you want the changes to appear, and select Object Override.

   The display representation in bold is the current display representation.

4. If necessary, click .
5. In the Display Properties dialog box, click the Cut Plane tab, and then change the settings as needed.
6. Click OK twice.