In Plant 3D, create a new Ortho drawing, View and select the models you need to include. Click on the cube and you can adjust the length, width and height of the cube to define what needs to be projected in the drawing. Everything outside the cube volume will be hidden.
Thanks, Siva (Autodesk)
Has there been any advancement with this tool? I would definitely like to see this work inside of Plant3D. I am currently on Plant3D 2012 release and when i use the Section Plane nothing seems to happen. When I turn on "Live Section" the model doesn't seem to section how one would think and only fittings and components disappear out of the model?
Can someone shed some light on why this functionality (having a 3D volume to cut out parts of the model while designing) has not yet been added? I remember working with Bentley projects years ago and it was a basic command for designing. I know about xclip and 3Dclip, but why can there just not be a "visible" box you can turn on and adjust with grips to essentially crop out parts of large models and focus in where you are working at the time.
Hey,
Is there any progress on this topic? do we have such a sectioning tool now in Plant 3D in 2017?
Best,
Morsy
Hello,
I too am working with Section Planes. I use them to cut piping/equipment assemblies to see a "cut" version on a 2D Layout or Shop Drawings. Its basically a quicker version of using "Create Ortho View". My problem is that the Section Plane tool will not remove any fittings or pipe or anything from the "Plant" side of things. It merely cuts our 3D Solids.
Any progress with this AutoDesk?
Is there any solution or round about for this section plane issue?
I am trying to work with Xref of a Revit model exported as .dwg
Regards,
Prasanth
Thanks for the suggestion Sławomir,
However, my requirement is that- After creating a cut section view, I need to pick the P3D elements for routing my pipelines. When I try to do the same using DView or 3DClip command, only the Xref models are getting selected.
As a roundabout, I am turning off the layers (of Xref elements) which are obstructing the view of P3D element. But this is a tedious process when the model gets complex.
Regards,
Prasanth
I am still shocked that Autodesk can't figure out how to create a 3D clip plane, let alone a live one. I don't consider ACAD a true 3D modeling environment, if one can't create a clip box. Using multiple commands & adding multiple steps is waste of time.
Our company has used Bentley products forever (Plantspace/OpenPlant), but due to acquisitions we are using Plant 3D a lot now. The ability to create a clip plane or create a clipping box can be done in two ways in OpenPlant: Set Display Depth (by placing an active window around area you want to see in one view that applies to other open views you choose, but it only clips in two directions), or Clip Volume (by placing an active window around area you want to see in one view that applies to other open views, and it clips in all four directions). In both cases, the windows are interactive and can be changed bye using grips.
I still haven't found anything like this in Plant 3D. It is absolutely necessary for live modeling of pipe in a full model, but allows you to clear out what you don't need so you can see only the essentials.
I also have switched from microstation to autocad and really miss the 3D cut volume. I can't believe that there isn't a function similar to the "Section Plane" command for the objects created with the Plant 3D toolbox (piping, equipment, steel structure...).
No improvements in the last 12 years?