The Section tool is used to place a Section marker. The Section marker can take one of three different forms:|
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a source marker, which generates a section viewpoint
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a linked marker, which does not generate a section viewpoint, but acts as a reference to any other view, viewpoint or drawing.
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an unlinked marker containing custom text
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To generate a Section, you draw a Section line on the Floor Plan and place a Section source marker, which generates a new viewpoint in ArchiCAD. You can set this marker to display a variety of reference information - such as the first drawing that is created out of this Section viewpoint - for easy navigation and identification.
Each newly created Section viewpoint is listed in the Navigator Project Map, in the “Sections” part.
Elements in the Section viewpoint depend on the Section Status, defined in Section Settings. A Model Section contains editable construction elements linked and updated with their counterparts on the Floor Plan, as well as any 2D elements. A Drawing Section contains drawing primitives, which are not linked to the Floor Plan and do not reflect its changes.
In the Section window, you can view and modify elements but you cannot create new construction elements. (The only exception is if you use the “Drag a copy” command to move a Door/Window, in a model-type Section window.) If you paste an element into a Section window, it will be reproduced as drawing primitives (points, lines, fills).
Sections can be saved as Views and placed on a Layout as Drawings; the contents of a Section window can also published directly.
To place a linked or unlinked Section marker, use the Section tool in any of the following windows: Floor Plan, Section, Elevation, Interior Elevation, Detail, Worksheet. Such a marker is a linked marker, and you can use it to link it to any viewpoint, view or drawing in the project. A linked marker is for reference purposes only. For example, you can place a linked section marker into a detail window.
You can choose and format the Section Line and Marker object in Section Settings.
