About Section View Bands

You can use section view bands to control the location and content of bands in section views.

A data box is an optional graphic frame that is associated with a section view. The data box contains annotations for the section view and the section objects displayed in that section view. Some common annotations include level data, offsets, and cut/fill depths.

Bands can be created automatically when you create section views and also added manually to a section view you already created. Use the Section View Properties dialog box.

Section View Band Styles

Use the Toolspace Settings tree to create and edit section view band styles. Specify which styles to use when you create section views. Add labels using the Add Labels dialog box.

Data box labels are label objects that can be manipulated like other Autodesk Civil 3D label objects.

Group a set of commonly used bands into a band set that can be applied to a section view as a single selection.

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Band Sets

Specifies the default set of bands to use (or import) when creating a section view. Also, specifies various properties, such as the gap between bands.

Section Data

Specifies the offsets from centerline, distance from centerline, levels of any section, and the cut/fill depths at major/minor increments and other points of interest along the sample line.

Note:

The Offset From Centerline property in Section Data bands is measured perpendicularly to the alignment. The Distance From Centerline property is measured along the sample line. If the sample line is skewed, the Distance From Centerline value will therefore be different than the Offset From Centerline value. If the sample line is perpendicular, then these values will be the same.

Section Segment Specifies section segment band style for each segment (line) of a section object.

Tutorial Exercise: Adding a Data Box to a Section View