Use this procedure to display the parts of the drawing in a live section view that are outside the section.
Whether objects and areas of objects outside the section line are displayed in the live section view depends on the material settings for each object and object style. The sectioned objects inside the section are displayed with their regular display components and material assignments. For example, a brick wall inside a section displays its regular brick surface hatch.
Objects or object parts that are outside of the section are displayed differently. You can either hide them completely, or display them on the Sectioned Body display component. The Sectioned Body display component is specified in the material assigned to the object.
The sectioned body is often displayed in a lighter, half-transparent color, or as dotted linework.
Live section view with sectioned body displayed as light blue linework
In a material definition, the Sectioned Body and Sectioned Boundary display components influence the display of the live section view. The Sectioned Body includes the objects or object parts outside of the section line. The Sectioned Boundary is the cut line created by the section line.
- Select the object for which you want to display the sectioned body, right-click and click Edit Object Display.
- Click the Materials tab.
- Select the material definition you want to change, and click
. - Select the display representation of the material, and click
. - Click the Layer/Color/Linetype tab.
- Change the display of the sectioned body and sectioned boundary:
If you want to… Then… hide the sectioned body set Visible off for the Sectioned Body and Sectioned Boundary components. display the sectioned body set Visible on for the Sectioned Body and Sectioned Boundary components, and assign them display properties as needed. - Click OK three times.
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