Contour

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Contour

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The Contour command creates planar curves, points, or hatches by intersecting evenly spaced planes with the input objects.

Steps

  1. Select objects for contour creation.

  2. Pick the base point.

    The contour planes will be generated starting from the base point towards both directions.

  3. Pick a direction that is perpendicular to the contour planes.

  4. Specify the distance between contours.

    The contour planes will be perpendicular to the current CPlane.

Command-line options

Range

Creates the contours within the specified range.

AssignProperties
ByCurrentLayer

Creates contours on the current layer with object properties set to By Layer.

ByInputObject

Creates contours that inherit object properties from the input objects.

Output
All

The contours can be curves, points, or hatches.

Hatch creation is based on the input object's section style properties, and only for closed contours.

If the object's section style is By Clipping Plane, hatches will not be created.

CurvesOnly

The contours can be curves or points. Hatches will not be created.

GroupObjectsByContourPlane

Places the contour objects on the same plane in a group.

Steps

  1. Select objects for contour creation.

  2. Pick a point for the base contour plane.

  3. Pick another point to define the direction perpendicular to the contour planes.

  4. Specify the distance between contours and press Enter.

    Contours are created at where the contour planes intersect the objects.

Section

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Section

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The Section command creates planar curves, points, or hatches by intersecting a plane with the input objects.

Steps

  1. Select objects for section creation.

  2. Pick two points to define the section plane.

    The section planes will be perpendicular to the current CPlane.

Command-line options

ExtendSection

Specifies whether the section plane will extend beyond the picked points.

AssignProperties
ByCurrentLayer

Creates sections on the current layer with object properties set to By Layer.

ByInputObject

Creates sections that inherit object properties from the input objects.

Output
All

The sections can be curves, points, or hatches.

Hatch creation is based on the input object's section style properties, and only for closed sections.

If the object's section style is By Clipping Plane, hatches will not be created.

CurvesOnly

The sections can be curves or points. Hatches will not be created.

GroupObjectsBySectionPlane

Places the objects created by the same section plane in a group.

See also

Create curves from other objects