To Change the Length of a Section Using Grips

Use this procedure to change the length of any section boundary connected to the section line. You can change the length of the section as a whole, or you can change the length of the sides of the section boundary individually.

You can change the length of the section boundary before or after you create a connected section. If you change the length after creating the section, you need to update the section to show the changes.

You can also define the depth of a section (its length) by changing the length of the sides of a section boundary on the Properties palette.

  1. Select the section line you want to change.
  2. Select the Length grip.

    Viewing Section Grips in Plan View

  3. Move the grip until the length value you want is displayed, and click once.

    The entire section boundary length is updated.

  4. To change the length of side 1 of the section boundary, click the Side 1 Endpoint grip.

    Side 1 starts from the first point specified for the section line.

  5. Move the grip to the desired location, and click once; or enter a value on the command line, and press Enter.

    Viewing Section Grips in Plan View

  6. To change the length of side 2 of the section boundary, click the Side 2 Endpoint grip.

    Side 2 starts from the endpoint of the section line.

  7. Move the grip to the desired location, and click once; or enter a value on the command line, and press Enter.
  8. Right-click, and click Deselect All to turn off grips.