Display a Feature on a Section

Discover can clip any feature in ArcGIS Pro format to a section.

When creating a feature:

  • The feature must have a known Coordinate Reference System (CRS) and intersect the section to be clipped by the section.
  • Clipping a feature creates polygons in most cases; however, if the feature is not well formed and contains voids, it outputs as lines.

Activity Steps

  1. Create a section. See Generate Vertical Sections.
  2. On the Section ribbon tab, in the Display group, expand Display on Section and select Features to Section.

    The Feature to Section panel displays.

  3. Select the Mode from:
    • Project Features—Project the features onto the section plan.
    • Intersect Features—Display the intersection of all feature class objects with the section plan.
  4. If Project Features is selected then Selection Mode is active. Select from:
    • All—All features are projected on the section plane.
    • Clip to section envelope—The input features are clipped within the section envelope. The clipped features are projected on the section plane.

      Note: This process may produce polyline intersects at the front and back of the envelope if a feature is not closed.

    • Intersects the section plane—Only the input features that intersect with the section plane are projected on the plane, including the parts of the features that are outside the section envelope.
  5. Select where to Get Z from for the input feature:
    • Object—The Z value is defined from the Z value of the feature class objects.
    • Ground—The Z value is defined from ground layer at the given feature class X/Y location.
    • Column—The Z value is defined from an attribute column associated with the feature class.
  6. Select the required Section or sections.
  7. Select whether to Define multipatch as single model. If unchecked, the software treats each multipatch/feature record as a separate multipatch/feature model. If checked, the software treats all multipatch/feature records as if they belong to the same multipatch/feature model; that is, it merges them into a single model.
  8. Select whether to Map feature attributes to section template. If checked, the software uses the feature attributes to map the output's feature class symbology fields where appropriate.
  9. Select whether to Delete existing features. If checked, the software deletes the existing features in the defined output feature class if new data is written.
  10. Complete the following fields if required:
    • Output polygon feature class—Select the feature class to place the output polygons in. The actual class is prefixed with "SectionName_2D_".
    • Output line feature class—Select the feature class to place the output lines in. The actual class is prefixed with "SectionName_2D_".
    • Output point feature class—Select the feature class to place the output points in. The actual class is prefixed with "SectionName_2D_".
  11. Click Run.