Select the Section Plane tool from the toolbox to create new section planes, then click on the surface you want to hide.ģ) You can move the section plane with the Move tool like any other object. I will demonstrate the use of section planes using a living container I’ve made for an earlier project.ġ) Go to View>Toolbars and tick Sections.Ģ) We will start off by creating a plane on the door side of the container.
This tutorial will show you how to activate the section plane toolbar and how to make simple placements and adjustments. But how do you go about it without having to hide surfaces/lines one by one until you get a view of the space you want to edit? Section planes. Now you want to place some furniture inside or perhaps work on specific sections inside the house such as a staircase. Imagine you just finished modeling this awesome house. So what are section planes? Simply put, they are planes that enable you to hide parts of objects. It sounds seemingless at first, but had I discovered this tool earlier I would have saved A LOT of time on most of my projects. This simple tutorial is an introduction to section planes.