Defining and Placing a Cutting Plane Line

1 When you start the Define on Drawing command, the program displays a selection list and prompts you to specify the starting point of the line. (Note: The selected view is automatically Set as Current by the application).
2 Click to specify the starting point of the cutting plane line.
From the Orientation drop-down list, choose the mode to orient the section line:
  • Free — to create the cutting plane line at any angle
  • HV — to create the cutting plane line aligned horizontally or vertically
3 The program continues to prompt for the endpoint of the line, so that you can create a cutting plane line with more than one segment.
When you have finished defining the cutting plane line, click or from the selection list or context menu (right-click in the graphics area) to confirm your selections and actually create the cutting plane line.
You can also access contextual options when the command is active.



  • The program immediately draws the cutting plane line.



  • If the cutting plane arrows are pointing in the wrong direction, you can reverse them by using the Invert command.
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    After inserting a cutting plane line, you can use that cutting plane to insert cross-section, sectioned, or developed views.

    Note
    • The appearance of the cutting plane line is controlled by the Styles settings on the Entity Properties - Break Lines category of the Options/Properties dialog box.
    • After you create a cutting plane line, you can change any of these properties from the Edit Properties - Break Lines category from the context menu.
    • Non-sectionable views
      If you attempt to place a cutting plane line on a non-sectionable view (such as an exploded, perspective, or section developed view), the think3 application displays a dialog box warning you that you can't place a cutting plane line on that view.
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