Layman Architecture question

[anniesball72]

I am in the process of learning ACAD Architecture. I am very familiar with other Autodesk products. I have purchased and am in the process of going through various learning Autodesk Architecture books. I understand 90% of what I've been presented so far but am confused about the cut plane. Specifically how does the cut plane and wall base height interact. Say I have a 8' base height for a wall (no stem or footing) and a global cut plane of 3'-6". Will the wall only be displayed from the baseline elevation to the 3'-6" global cut plane? So only 3'-6" of the wall will be seen? What happens to the upper 4'-6" of the wall?

I understand the difference between the global cut plan and object cut plane. I'm just in the middle of going through the lessons and reading the ACAD Architecture help files for additional information.

I'm running Architectural Desktop 2010 Version 2 on Win XP Pro

thanks

[Anonymous]

For any particular wall style, you choose what you want to see above, at,
and below the cut plane. These settings are in the display settings the
wall style. In general, there is no need to show items above the cut plane.
The exceptions include windows that are entirely above the cut plane.
Window objects and styles can be set up to have their own cut planes
independent of the global cut plane. It takes a lot of experimentation to
tweak the settings for unusual situations.




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I am in the process of learning ACAD Architecture. I am very familiar with
other Autodesk products. I have purchased and am in the process of going
through various learning Autodesk Architecture books. I understand 90% of
what I've been presented so far but am confused about the cut plane.
Specifically how does the cut plane and wall base height interact. Say I
have a 8' base height for a wall (no stem or footing) and a global cut plane
of 3'-6". Will the wall only be displayed from the baseline elevation to the
3'-6" global cut plane? So only 3'-6" of the wall will be seen? What happens
to the upper 4'-6" of the wall?

I understand the difference between the global cut plan and object cut
plane. I'm just in the middle of going through the lessons and reading the
ACAD Architecture help files for additional information.

I'm running Architectural Desktop 2010 Version 2 on Win XP Pro

thanks