Hide or show a cutting plane

You can hide the cutting plane used to define a section view by moving it to a new layer and then hiding the layer.

Hide a cutting plane using layers

1. Create a new layer by doing one of the following:

   • On the Layers tab, do the following:

     1. Click the New Layer button .

     2. Right-click the Layers node and select New Layer.

     A new layer with a default name, for example Layer1, is added to the Layers node of the active drawing sheet. The layer name field is already selected for input.

   • Type a new name for the layer, for example, Cutting Plane.

2. Move the cutting plane to the new layer by doing all of the following:

   1. On the drawing sheet, select the cutting plane you want to hide.

   2. On the Layers tab, click the Move Elements button .

   3. In the Move Elements dialog box, select the layer to move the cutting plane to, and then click OK.

3. Double-click any other layer to make it active.

4. Hide the cutting plane layer by doing one of the following:

   • On the Layers tab, select the cutting plane layer, and then click the Hide Layer button .

   • Right-click the cutting plane layer, and then choose Hide from its shortcut menu.

5. Click in the active window to update the display.

Show a cutting plane on a hidden layer

• On the Layers tab, select the hidden layer that contains the cutting plane, and then click the Show Layer button .

  Tip:

  • A hidden layer is marked by this symbol:.

  • To learn how to control the display of cutting plane edges, see the related Help topic, Show or hide cutting plane edges in section views.

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