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Transcript
00:01
Creating 3D Sections in the Autodesk Viewer.
00:05
Frequently, you want to be able to see inside a model when you're viewing.
00:10
You can navigate around and walk into the space.
00:13
But another way is to cut a section through the building. So let's take a look at that now.
00:19
I'm here in my 3D view. I'm going to zoom in a little bit closer so you can see my building.
00:26
And now I'm going to go to the Section Command.
00:29
When I click on the "Section Command", you have additional options: X plane, Y plane, Z plane, and Box.
00:39
Let's see how each of these work.
00:42
First of all, X plane.
00:44
It just cuts it at a random spot on the model,
00:48
but then I can use the various tools here to modify the section location.
00:55
Notice that you don't pick right on that arrow, but you want to get the yellow arrow or golden arrow, and move it on out.
01:02
And then you can move it back and forth on the X plane.
01:08
The arcs actually let you modify the angle of the section.
01:14
So here I've got this one, I'm going to just pull it this way,
01:19
and you can see the section cuts slightly differently in that way at an angle.
01:24
And here's the other angle, I'm going to cut it back open.
01:28
So it just depends on what it is you need to see that you can get it on the plane that you need to see it on.
01:38
Let's look at Y plane.
01:42
This one it doesn't even have enough to show you at the moment.
01:46
So I need to zoom in, find my arrow, and pull it out.
01:50
And then you can start to see the building here.
01:53
So I'm going to orbit around a little bit and zoom in.
01:59
And again, you hover over to the point where I need to see there's my arrow, I can see that a little better,
02:04
and then I can do my arcs and modify the angle as well.
02:11
So it depends on what you need to see.
02:17
So if I pick on section and then turn it off, it just goes back to its irregular place. Let's see the Z plane.
02:25
This one's a very useful one if you need to see more or less the floor plan of the building.
02:31
So you set your Z plane, you move your arrow up, and down to see the appropriate items that you need to see.
02:38
I wouldn't say that the arcs here are quite as useful in this case as it is in the other ones.
02:47
Once again, we're going to click on the next one.
02:50
This is Box and what it does is cut it at a plane on all three directions.
02:56
Your X, Y, and Z-axis are all moved.
03:02
Let me just move it up out here a little bit and now we can look at these arrows.
03:07
You can see that there's arrows and there are planes.
03:10
And so when you pick on the arrow, it moves that part of the section, in this case, the z-axis up and down.
03:17
But if you pick on the plane, you can see it actually moves all of the axis in those directions.
03:25
So here's my arrow, I can move that back and forth.
03:30
Here's my plane and I'm moving it now on the X/Y axis.
03:35
And here I'm moving my X-axis back and forth.
03:39
So the Box allows you to do more options.
03:42
You can also, in this case, bring out the whole building, and show the items that you may need there.
03:51
So let's turn off the sections.
03:57
Now one other little tool that you might be interested in is this Explode button.
04:02
So when you explode, you move the slider bar, and it actually opens up the entire building.
04:09
So all the walls, windows they move out as if they are being exploded.
04:14
Unfortunately, you don't have a lot of control over this, so it's not as exciting of an option, as it may have been.
04:28
Now the sections may help you understand the building, but what you need to do next is actually go ahead, and start commenting.
04:36
So in the next set of videos, we'll talk how to comment.
Video transcript
00:01
Creating 3D Sections in the Autodesk Viewer.
00:05
Frequently, you want to be able to see inside a model when you're viewing.
00:10
You can navigate around and walk into the space.
00:13
But another way is to cut a section through the building. So let's take a look at that now.
00:19
I'm here in my 3D view. I'm going to zoom in a little bit closer so you can see my building.
00:26
And now I'm going to go to the Section Command.
00:29
When I click on the "Section Command", you have additional options: X plane, Y plane, Z plane, and Box.
00:39
Let's see how each of these work.
00:42
First of all, X plane.
00:44
It just cuts it at a random spot on the model,
00:48
but then I can use the various tools here to modify the section location.
00:55
Notice that you don't pick right on that arrow, but you want to get the yellow arrow or golden arrow, and move it on out.
01:02
And then you can move it back and forth on the X plane.
01:08
The arcs actually let you modify the angle of the section.
01:14
So here I've got this one, I'm going to just pull it this way,
01:19
and you can see the section cuts slightly differently in that way at an angle.
01:24
And here's the other angle, I'm going to cut it back open.
01:28
So it just depends on what it is you need to see that you can get it on the plane that you need to see it on.
01:38
Let's look at Y plane.
01:42
This one it doesn't even have enough to show you at the moment.
01:46
So I need to zoom in, find my arrow, and pull it out.
01:50
And then you can start to see the building here.
01:53
So I'm going to orbit around a little bit and zoom in.
01:59
And again, you hover over to the point where I need to see there's my arrow, I can see that a little better,
02:04
and then I can do my arcs and modify the angle as well.
02:11
So it depends on what you need to see.
02:17
So if I pick on section and then turn it off, it just goes back to its irregular place. Let's see the Z plane.
02:25
This one's a very useful one if you need to see more or less the floor plan of the building.
02:31
So you set your Z plane, you move your arrow up, and down to see the appropriate items that you need to see.
02:38
I wouldn't say that the arcs here are quite as useful in this case as it is in the other ones.
02:47
Once again, we're going to click on the next one.
02:50
This is Box and what it does is cut it at a plane on all three directions.
02:56
Your X, Y, and Z-axis are all moved.
03:02
Let me just move it up out here a little bit and now we can look at these arrows.
03:07
You can see that there's arrows and there are planes.
03:10
And so when you pick on the arrow, it moves that part of the section, in this case, the z-axis up and down.
03:17
But if you pick on the plane, you can see it actually moves all of the axis in those directions.
03:25
So here's my arrow, I can move that back and forth.
03:30
Here's my plane and I'm moving it now on the X/Y axis.
03:35
And here I'm moving my X-axis back and forth.
03:39
So the Box allows you to do more options.
03:42
You can also, in this case, bring out the whole building, and show the items that you may need there.
03:51
So let's turn off the sections.
03:57
Now one other little tool that you might be interested in is this Explode button.
04:02
So when you explode, you move the slider bar, and it actually opens up the entire building.
04:09
So all the walls, windows they move out as if they are being exploded.
04:14
Unfortunately, you don't have a lot of control over this, so it's not as exciting of an option, as it may have been.
04:28
Now the sections may help you understand the building, but what you need to do next is actually go ahead, and start commenting.
04:36
So in the next set of videos, we'll talk how to comment.
Creating Sections and Exploded Views in the Autodesk Viewer.
In this exercise you will use the section tools in the Autodesk Viewer to view a cut away section of the model. You will also display the model in an exploded view.
You need to have access to a shared view to work through these steps. If you have not created a shared view in the previous practice do that now. If you do not have access to Revit, ask someone who does to create a shared view for you. You can use any project and the project used here is also available through the course dataset.
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