Duplicate and move a Section?

[michaelk]

Is there a slick way to duplicate a section line and move it?

I have to take many slices of a building, and each Section Viewport has settings in the Advanced Properties for depth, height, and length. And each section line instance has graphic adjustments.

On a sheet layer, I've got a section line through a viewport. I'd love to just duplicate the section line, move it down a few feet, rinse and repeat, and enjoy all the section views that suddenly populate the sheet layer.

But it doesn't seem to work that way.

Any ideas?

michaelk

[gScott]

unfortunately, you can't duplicate section

lines, but you can duplicate sections...

1

keep a small viewport plan on the sections

sheet to use as the section line key plan,

which saves having to dive back to the

design layer to adjust section lines

2

set up a section + tweak all the properties,

add the key plan viewport to its 'section line instances'

3

duplicate the section viewport on the same sheet,

change its name in data tab of the object info palette,

add the key plan viewport to its 'section line instances'

4

edit the annotations of the key plan,

the new section line will be lying on

top of the old section line,

identify it by its name from step 3 above,

move it/reshape it,

exit annotations

5

update new section,

rinse + repeat...

this works fine in VW12.5.x

but should work in a similar

manner on new versions...

[michaelk]

That's exactly what I was looking for. I was missing step 2.

Thanks!

michaelk