Aligning Plot Sheet Sections

Aligning Sections to known points

Aligning plot sheet sections to known points

A plot sheet's section definition can be interactively aligned with specific points without changing other section properties. A series of sections is defined by the current center point and the section width, i.e. if the current section is vertical at a northing of zero with a width of 50 then other sections will have center points of ... -100, -50, 0, 50, 100 .... 

With a plot sheet displayed in the Plots window, the following commands can be used to adjust the position of a section:

  • Use the View ribbon's Section | Includecommand to move to the section that contains the selected hole collar or intercept. The existing section center points are not changed.

  • Turn off clipping so that the point for inclusion is visible.

  • Rotate the view perpendicular to the section and then select the new center point in the rotated view.

  • Use the Plot View ribbon's Section | Mid-Point command to move the center point of the current section to a new position in the view plane. The selected point becomes the new section center point.

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The  Move to Include Point command selects the section without changing the section definition, whereas the Move to New Center Point command re-aligns all section center points in the view.

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Displaying and editing the section definition
Picking a section with the pointer