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Section Cuts with non-right angles

JaredBanks
Mentor
Can a section cut (in version 9) bend? I have a section that I'd like to follow the bend in the building. So half of it would be at 0 degrees and the second half would angle south at say 30 degrees. Is this possible? I know sections can step back, but it doesn't look like they can bend. Is this something that is added in 10 (i hope)?

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Jared Banks, AIA
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TomWaltz
Participant
Sorry, not possible in AC9 or AC10.
Tom Waltz
JaredBanks
Mentor
I was afraid of that. Maybe in 11...
Jared Banks, AIA
Shoegnome Architects

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Laura Yanoviak
Advocate
Not possible, but there is a workaround:

Create two "halves" of the section: one at 0 degrees and the other at 30 degress. Then take the two views and abut them in PM so they appear as one continuous section -- comprende?
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JaredBanks
Mentor
We were thinking of something like that. I'll give it a shot thanks.
Jared Banks, AIA
Shoegnome Architects

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TomWaltz
Participant
You can crop the view after it's placed into Plotmaker to make a relatively clean edge at the bend in the elevation.
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