Autodesk 235B1-05A761-1301 - AutoCAD MEP 2010 User Manual page 166

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RELATED Global cut plane and display range settings for a display configuration in AutoCAD MEP objects are
used differently from AutoCAD Architecture objects. See Working with Cut Planes in a Project in the AutoCAD
Architecture Help.
To set cut plane and display ranges
1 Select
2 Specify the cut plane settings using one of the following methods:
3 For Cut Height, enter a value for the cut plane.
4 For Display Above Range, enter a value for the top range of the floor plan.
5 For Display Below Range, enter a value for the bottom range of the floor plan.
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slope on page 256, the object's starting point determines its elevation.
Enable Display by Elevation
If you want to...
define the cut plane height for the current
display configuration
define the cut plane height for any display
configuration
The cut plane is the height at which an object is cut to produce the plan representation.
Example of Cut plane tab in the Display Manager
The values you enter for the Above and Below ranges are not relative to the cut height. They
are absolute height values calculated from the WCS origin. Therefore, the value that you enter
for Display Above Range must be greater than the value that you enter for Cut Height. Invalid
values will produce incorrect results.
NOTE The Calculate button on the Cut Plane tab is only available if you selected a project using
Project Navigator and the current drawing is multi-story. It opens a Cut Plane dialog that you use to
set the cut plane height for objects at a specific level. For more information, see Levels in the AutoCAD
Architecture Help.
Objects above this range are displayed using the Above display components. For example, in
1-line display representations, this is the Single Line - Above component. In plan display
representations, these are the Contour - Above, Insulation - Above, and Rise Drop - Above
components.
Objects at or below this range, but above the cut height, are displayed using the High display
components.
Objects at or below the cut plane, but above this height, are displayed using the Low display
components. Objects at or below this height are displayed using the Below display components.
For more information, see Specifying the Display Properties of a Space Style.
in the Options dialog.
Then...
click the Cut Plane value on the drawing window status bar.
Click Manage tab Style & Display panel
. Select a display configuration that uses a Plan display
representation in Top (plan) view or a 1 Line (for Duct domain
only). Click the Cut Plane tab in the right pane.
Display Manager