Creating a section from plan: Section Views in AutoCAD for Mac?

[calaudiopile]

Hi there,

I'm trying to create a section from a landscape plan that I've drawn over surveyor's data with spot elevations. I've been doing it the old fashioned way by drawing a grid and offsetting lines to the grid. In searching for a quicker and easier method I came accross the following video on "Section and Detail Views:"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKIirpK3hZM

Are these features available in AutoCAD for Mac 2014? (I'm using the student version if that matters...) Or does anyone have any suggestions for techniques in crating sections from plans?

Thanks very much.

[maxim_k]

Welcome to Autodesk Forums!

Hi,

There is no such feature in AutoCAD for Mac, but you can try SECTIONPLANE command:
SECTIONPLANE creates a section object that acts as a cutting plane through 3D objects.

Section plane objects create sections of 3D solids, surfaces, and meshes. Use live sectioning with section plane objects to analyze a model, and save sections as blocks for use in layouts.
Access Methods:
Toolbar: Modeling tool set ➤ Section tool group ➤ Section Plane

Menu: Draw ➤ 3D Modeling ➤ Section Plane

Maxim

[Anonymous]

Hi Maxim 

I've tried using the Dview and Section Plane and Generating Section Plane Block but my drawings aren't showing all my objects when I have selected my sections. Any advice?

(I'm using Mac Autocad 2013)

Many thanks

K

[maxim_k]

Welcome to Autodesk Forums!

Could you illustrate the issue somehow?
What do you want to achieve by using Section Plane?

Maxim

[Anonymous]

Maxim thank you for getting back to me so quickly, I really appreciate it. Basically, I want a camera view or a section view. But I know Autocad on Mac doesn't offer camera view. I have a 3D drawing and I would like to get long and short sections of portions of it, it as well as a perspective. I have attached a screenshot. When I get a section, it doesn't include all the objects in that section.

Many thanks.

Karen

[maxim_k]

Hi Karen,

Do you mean that you cannot see objects that should be visible?
If so, this could be a defect in AutoCAD for Mac.
Have you tried different visual style?

Maxim

[Anonymous]

Hi Maxim

That is correct, I cannot see objects that I should be able to see. Sorry for not explaining it very well. Find an example of one of my sections attached, beside the main image. The view in this attachment is perspective, SE isometric in 2Dwireframe. I have tried other views, parallel, realistc. Top view and tried 3dorbit. Perhaps I am missing a step between sectionplane and generatesectionplanetoblock or something. Any help appreciated.

K

[maxim_k]

Could you attach your drawing or send it to my email: mkanaev at yandex.ru.?

Maxim