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Working with sections

Working with sections

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Working with sections

- [Instructor] Cutting a section sure makes it easy to model items, such as pipe and conduit. But the truth is, the reason we cut a section is to actually create a detail. The objective of this video is to cut a section and add some notes and dimensions. To get started, let's go to our sprinkler floor plan level one. I'm gonna zoom in on my mechanical room. On my quick access toolbar, I'm gonna go ahead and click on the section button. I'm gonna pick the first point in my section here, and the second point is gonna be here. And I'm gonna hit escape a couple of times. I'm gonna go ahead and double click on my section. Now the first thing I'm gonna do, is I wanna pick a window, around all of these items. I'm gonna right click. I'm gonna override graphics in view, by element. I'm gonna change my projection lines. I'm gonna change the color to black and hit okay. For my pattern, I'm gonna go to solid, and I'm gonna click okay. I'm gonna select my backflow preventer, I'm gonna right click…

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