To Specify the Cut Plane Display of a Curtain Wall

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

  1. Double-click the curtain wall.
  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 curtain walls in the drawing, select Drawing default setting. To apply changes to all curtain walls of this style, select Curtain 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. For Use cut plane of containing object when anchored, specify whether you want the containing object’s cut plane to be used when the curtain wall is anchored to that object.
  9. To define additional cut planes for the curtain wall, click Manual cut planes.
  10. On the Manual Above and Below Cut Plane Heights worksheet, click Add, and under Cut Plane, enter the height of the new cut plane.
    If you add a cut plane … Then …
    at a height that is lower than the current cut plane 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 current cut plane 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.

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

  1. Select the curtain wall you want to change, right-click, and click Edit Object Display.
  2. In the Object Display dialog box, click the Display Properties tab.

    The current display representation is displayed in bold.

  3. Select the display representation where you want the changes to appear, and select Object Override. If Object Override is already selected, click at the upper-right corner of the tab.
  4. In the Display Properties dialog box, click the Cut Plane tab, and then change the settings as needed.
  5. Click OK twice.

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