Mastering Autodesk Navisworks 2013

Using Sections

Sections (Figure 5.20) in Navisworks enable you to create various cross-section views of your model. This becomes important as you work on a project so you can view various aspects of the model from different perspectives or slices.

Figure 5.20 Building with section planes for right and top enabled

Sections in Navisworks can be combined with tools like Clash Detective, animations, the Navigation tools, and TimeLiner and saved as viewpoints. This allows you great flexibility in how and where you choose to use sections.

Section tools go beyond being able to simply section your model into individual views or sections. You have the ...