Creating Single-Section Views

As mentioned previously, one extra consideration with section views is that they often are created in large numbers. You will learn how to address that challenge in the next section. For now, let’s focus on creating individual section views.

To create individual section views in your drawing, complete these steps:

The Exercise File can be downloaded at the end of the article  

1. Open the drawing named Creating Single Section Views.dwg located in the Chapter 10 class data folder.

2. In the left viewport, zoom in to the sample line labeled 13+25.00 (0+405.00). Click the sample line, and then click Create Section ViewCreate Section View on the ribbon.
3. In the Create Section View – General dialog box, verify that the following items are selected:
   • Select Alignment: Jordan Court
   • Sample Line Group Name: Design
   • Sample Line: 13+25.00 (0+405.00)
   • Station: 13+25.00' (0+405.00 m)
   • Section View Style: Design
4. Click Next to advance to the Create Section View – Offset Range dialog box. Note that you can change the width of the section view by modifying the offset range.
5. Click Next to advance to the Create Section View – Elevation Range dialog box. Note that you can change the height of the section view by modifying the minimum and maximum elevations.
6. Click Next to advance to the Section Display Options dialog box. Verify that the style selected for the Jordan Court corridor section is Design.
7. Click Next to advance to the Data Bands dialog box. Verify that Design Offsets is selected under Select Band Set. Click Create Section View.
8. When prompted to identify the section-view origin, pick a point near the center of the upper-right viewport. A new section view is created in the drawing, as shown in Figure 10.8. This section view could be helpful in assessing the design at a specific location. Note how the information is displayed in a way that aids in the design of the road. Additional section views could be created at other key locations along the design of the road.

   Figure 10.8  A newly created section view.

Style by Design

You may have noticed that many of the styles that were selected while creating this section view had the word design in their names. The significance of this is that the styles you chose were set up to aid the designer during the design process but may not be appropriate for final documents such as construction drawings. For example, the elevation and slope labels on the section would be much too small to read if this drawing were plotted. For design, however, they come in quite handy—enabling the designer to zoom in and quickly get information about key geometry. Leveraging styles by having some for design and others for documentation can be very useful.

Creating Section Views

• Creating Single-Section Views
• Creating Multiple-Section Views

Download Exercise File :

• Creating Section Views - Metric     --- ( 3.4 MB )
• Creating Section Views - Imperial  --- ( 2.84 MB )