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Creating Cut Planes for a Curtain Wall
Use this procedure to specify the properties of one or more cut planes for a
curtain wall style. Cut plane display properties apply only to display
representations, such as Plan, that are used in Top view (Plan view) of a
drawing.
To better visualize the elements of a curtain wall in Plan view, you can create
cut planes. The main cut plane is where the shrinkwrap and hatching are
applied. The plan display shows the components and objects in the wall as
they are displayed at the height of each cut plane.
1 Click Manage tab ➤ Style & Display panel ➤ Style Manager .
2 Expand Architectural Objects, and expand Curtain Wall Styles.
3 Select the curtain wall style that you want to change.
4 Click the Display Properties tab.
5 Select Plan, and click .
NOTE The Cut Plane tab is displayed only in some display
representations, such as Plan.
6 Click the Cut Plane tab to set the cut plane to be displayed in
each display representation for the curtain wall style.
7 Enter a value for Cut Plane Height to specify the cut plane at
which hatching takes effect.
8 To specifically define a cut plane, click Add, and enter the height
of the new cut plane.
Then …If you add a cut plane …
objects are displayed using the
properties specified for the Below
at a height that is lower than the
value for Cut Plane Height
Cut Plane component on the Lay-
er/Color/Linetype tab.
objects are displayed using the
properties specified for the Above
at a height that is higher than the
value for Cut Plane Height
Cut Plane component on the Lay-
er/Color/Linetype tab.
1490 | Chapter 21 Curtain Walls
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