Cross-Section Creation

You can use sectional tools to create cross-sections.
After creating cross-sections, you can extract measured cross-sections, or create features from cross-sections.

Note

• Before using the cross-section function, please import the reference model or measured model.
• After entering the From Cross-Section function or hiding the model, you can view the cross-section view.
• The cross-section function window is locked by default, shown as . Click again to unlock the window.

Creation Steps

1. In the Sectional Tools bar, click Cross-Section to open the corresponding window.

2. Select the model to create cross-sections and edit parameters:

   • Creation method is From Plane: Select an already created face feature as the plane, and set the offset distance.

     

   • Creation method is Along Specified Direction: After selecting a direction (X-axis / Y-axis / Z-axis / Custom), you can click a point on the model in the 3D scene or enter the center point coordinates to create.

     Note

     • Modify the center point coordinates to adjust the cross-section to be created before clicking Confirm.
     • In addition to X-axis / Y-axis / Z-axis / Custom directions, you can also select created axis-type features (line reference features, line measured features, cylinder reference features, cylinder measured features, cone reference features, cone measured features) as the creation direction.

     

3. After completing relevant settings, you can preview this plane on the model in the 3D scene; then click Confirm to create this new cross-section, and it will be displayed in the cross-section module of the left tree view as cross-section reference object or cross-section measurement object.

Note

• If a measured feature is subsequently deleted, it will affect the cross-section measured features created from it.
• If the entered offset distance or center point coordinates deviate significantly from the current model and the preview cross-section does not intersect with the model, clicking Confirm will result in creation failure.

Extract Measured Values

If the created cross-section is a reference cross-section, you can extract the corresponding measured cross-section through automatic or manual methods.

• Automatic Extraction of Measured Values: In the upper right corner Settings > Calculation of the software interface, enable Automatic Extraction of Measured Values, or check Extract Measured Cross-Section in the creation window. The software will automatically extract the corresponding measured cross-section with default parameters after creating any reference cross-section.
• Manual Extraction of Measured Values: After creating a reference cross-section, right-click the cross-section group in the left tree view, select Extract Measured Cross-Section and specify the measurement model to be extracted; you can specify Alignment Object in the Extract Cross-Section pop-up window.