Wireframe Section

To access this dialog:

Activate the Surfaces ribbon and select Operations | Plane | Section

Creates a string where a defined plane intersects a wireframe object or preselected wireframe triangle data. Output strings will inherit their colour from the original wireframe.

Note: This command supports flexible wireframe selection.

Field Details:

Object: either choose a loaded wireframe Object (the default is the current object) or selected wireframe triangle data (Selected triangles). You can select triangle data whilst the Multiple Section dialog is open.

Key field: if you wish to process key field values separately, pick a Key field from the drop-down list, otherwise leave as <None>. If multiple object data is selected, only data columns common to all selected objects will be listed.

Plane Orientation: provides the tools for defining the orientation of the plane against which the wireframe object will be split.

Horizontal: sets the plane to be horizontal (i.e. both Azimuth and Inclination are 0 degrees).
North-South: sets the plane to a vertical North-South orientation (i.e. Azimuth is 90 degrees and Inclination is -90 degrees).
East-West: sets the plane to a vertical East-West orientation (i.e. Azimuth is 0 degrees and Inclination is -90 degrees).
3D Section: if any sections have been defined in the active 3D window, these planes can be used to section the selected wireframe object. Click this button to transfer the azimuth and dip of the section to the relevant fields. If no section data has been defined, this option will be unavailable.
Azimuth: sets the azimuth of the plane. Note that this field is automatically updated when either of the top four options are selected.
Inclination: sets inclination of the plane. Note that this field is automatically updated when either of the top four options are selected.

Use View Plane: fixes the plane as the current view plane in the design window.

Pick Face: activates the picking tool to allow the selection of a single wireframe face. The azimuth and dip will correspond to those of the face and the reference point will have the coordinates of the selected point.

Plane Reference Point: identifies a single point which will fix the plane in space.

X: displays or sets the X coordinate (northing) of the reference point.
Y: displays or sets the Y coordinate (easting) of the reference point.
Z: displays or sets the Z coordinate (elevation) of the reference point.

String Output: choose from the following options:

Current object: output data either within the current string object.
New object: create a new string object (default name = "Section", can be edited) or choose any loaded string object to store your output section strings.: