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Is it possible to display the part of the element that is behind the cut plane in the section

Isaac Newton — Tue, 30 May 2023 10:24:24 GMT

Good time of the day, gentlemen

I'd like to display the back side of my spiral staircase that I cut in the middle in the section, so that it looked complete:

Is it possible to do so, and if so, couldn't you please tell me how, could you?

Re: Is it possible to display the part of the element that is behind the cut plane in the section

DGSketcher — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 14:06:03 GMT

Have a look at section line offsets. You may be able to get away with a local stagger around the stair.

https://help.graphisoft.com/AC/26/INT/index.htm?rhcsh=1&rhnewwnd=0&rhmapid=#t=_AC26_Help%2F050_ViewsVB%2F050_ViewsVB-39.htm%23XREF_61746_Adjusting_Section&rhsearch=section%20offset&rhsyns=%20

Re: Is it possible to display the part of the element that is behind the cut plane in the section

Isaac Newton — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 11:33:45 GMT

Thank you! Alas, in this particular case it's not a very nice solution either, beacuase the staircase is situated in the tower with circular oblique walls. As a result the additional segment of the walls up above gets in the cut plane, and impart the section view an undesired look:

Re: Is it possible to display the part of the element that is behind the cut plane in the section

DGSketcher — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 08:34:26 GMT

Tricky situation you have there. I was hoping the section didn't need to display the roof. The only alternative I can suggest is you create two views, one a section without the stair and another an elevation (or section) showing only the stair. These can then be combined on a Layout with the stair on top of the section. You may need to do some juggling with trace references for any notation you need to add.

Hope that helps.