Cut Dynamic Sections While drafting

[Anonymous]

What is the best way to cut a dynamic section while drafting a mechanical room, for example. I would like to cut a section looking at a chiller and cut out all of the other equipment and pipes that are behind the chiller, as an example. I used the wonderful and easy working section command in Softdesk 8 for so many years. It was like the DView command on steroids. I find the DView command cumbersome and the 3DOrbit command hard to deal with. Thanks for any suggestions anyone can give me.

[Anonymous]

you can use the 2D section tool for quick looks at a slice of what you
are wanting to look at
Documentation>Section>Add section line
adjust the bounding box of the section line with grips, then then right
click on the section line and generate a section - use the 2D option

another way to do this is to use the camera tool - it replaces many of
the Dview's archaic commands
documentation>Perspectives>Add camera
select the camera, Right click> adjust view - is the button interface to
"walk the camera" to what you want to see, and then use the dview clip
front and back to eleminate - You are still using Dview to do the clip,
but don't have to deal with the other aspects of it

David Driver


bduvall wrote:

> What is the best way to cut a dynamic section while drafting a
> mechanical room, for example. I would like to cut a section looking at
> a chiller and cut out all of the other equipment and pipes that are
> behind the chiller, as an example. I used the wonderful and easy
> working section command in Softdesk 8 for so many years. It was like
> the DView command on steroids. I find the DView command cumbersome and
> the 3DOrbit command hard to deal with. Thanks for any suggestions
> anyone can give me.