can anyone please advise if there is a Utility / Plug-in available that lets you use a Section Box, also called a Scope Box, to limit parts of the model, so that I can create 3D details for later annotation, text, labels and dimensions, or at least text and labels, which will be taken through into Layout.
Please refer to image attached, which is a typical Selection Box from the whole 3D model, using the selection box tool in Revit.
these small selection boxes/views, can be locked and saved out for multiple 3D detailing uses, or presentation, but mostly I use the tool for easy access to small parts of the model while working through the project, saving the need to wrangle through bits that are visual noise while working.
I cannot find anything to match this kind of definition in the Extension Warehouse.! Revit%20selection%20box|479x500
thanks in advance
Hi Dave R,
what happens next ? after that box/face/add to its own layer/change line type if you want, move it back to some position over/around your model ???
thanks
Yes. You can. My last screen shot shows two active sections. Sections only work in their context so with nested grouping, you can have as many active sections as you need.
OK Dave, that is cool.
I can’t get it to work right off the bat, but will muck around for while.
When I select 2 sections and go to Group them, SU shrinks the section cut lines to tiny weeny things ?
Maybe they both/all have to be inactive to begin with or something but I’ll have a look - it would be productive to get it to work - thank you for the really useful information so far.
Undet has a clipping box for visibility management.
With more users coming from ‘the other side’ and with the large models it’s creating, the market could be growing.
We have resellers with a large AD userbase, prepared to explore the possibilities.
More extensions go subscription…
€10 per month could be a start?
