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show/hide a section plane in a scene

Postby Zacchia » Wed Jun 13, 2012 9:22 am

Hi
In a scene I like to see the active section plane and in another scene not. How do I do this?? Checking the box in attachment does not make any changes I think...
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Re: show/hide a section plane in a scene

Postby Dave R » Wed Jun 13, 2012 9:40 am

Leave the box checked. Go to Window>Preferences>General and make sure the box is ticked for "Warn of style changes when creating scenes."
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When you create a new scene this box should pop up. Select the first option.
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This will add a new style to the In Model Styles library.
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Re: show/hide a section plane in a scene

Postby cotty » Wed Jun 13, 2012 9:58 am

Zacchia wrote: Checking the box in attachment does not make any changes...


This checkbox only controls the active section plane (if there are more than one) and not their visibility.
(edit: see this video for an application of this)
The visibility is controlled by the style dialog:

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(One way to get two styles is described in Daves answer)
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Re: show/hide a section plane in a scene

Postby Zacchia » Wed Jun 13, 2012 10:15 am

Oh, thanky you so much for excellent answers! That helps me a lot! :ecstatic:
I just asking myself why the visibility of the section plane is controlled by the style dialog...
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Re: show/hide a section plane in a scene

Postby Dave R » Wed Jun 13, 2012 10:18 am

It's controlled by the Styles dialog because it's part of the style as is X-ray, Back Edges, Monochrome, etc.
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