Section Line Instances

Section line instances associated with a section viewport can be added to or deleted from design layers or viewport annotations. In addition, the Section Line Instances dialog box provides an easy way to navigate from a section viewport to its associated section lines.

Section lines are created for vertical sections, but not horizontal sections.

To edit section line instances or navigate to a section line:

1. Select the section viewport whose section line you want to navigate to or edit.

2. Click Section Line Instances from the Object Info palette.

The Section Line Instances dialog box opens.

Click to show/hide the parameters.

Parameter	Description
Viewport	Displays the name of the selected section viewport
Design Layers tab/Viewports tab	Displays the names of all design layers in the file (on the Design Layers tab) and all sheet layer viewports in the file (on the Viewports tab). Each design layer or viewport that contains a section line associated with the selected section viewport has a check mark to the left of its name.
Activate	When a design layer or viewport with a check mark is selected, navigates to the section line instance

3. To add another instance of the section line to a different design layer or to the annotation for a different viewport, click on the column next to that design layer or viewport, and then click OK. Alternatively, to remove a section line instance from a layer or viewport, click the checked column (which removes the check mark), and then click OK.

Deleting all section line instances does not delete the section viewport, and new instances can be created at any time. However, deleting a section viewport deletes all section line instances.

4. The section line instances can also be used as a navigation tool to access a particular section line. Select the section line and click Activate to switch to the design layer or viewport; the section line is selected for any modifications.

To return from a section line instance to the associated section viewport, click Navigate to Section Viewport from the Object Info palette of a selected section line.

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Creating Section Viewports

Viewport Properties

Modifying Viewports

Viewport Status

Updating Viewports

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