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Editing and Merging Linework in a 2D Section

After you create a 2D section, you can edit the display of individual lines that make up the section. For example, you
may want to assign linework for small details to a display component with a lighter lineweight, so that the details are
not obscured when plotted.

You can also merge existing geometry into the section.

Editing Linework in a 2D Section

Use this procedure to edit individual lines in a 2D section by assigning them to display components in the section. For
information about the Edit Linework grip, see “

Using Grips to Edit Linework in a 2D Section

” on page 1783.

You can assign selected linework to fixed display components that determine the display of every section that you
generate, or you can assign linework to display components that you have defined. For information about adding
custom display components, see “

Adding a Display Component to a 2D Section Style

” on page 1796. After you assign

linework to display components, you can change the display properties (visibility, color, layer, lineweight, linetype,
and linetype scale) to change the display of lines.

Select the section to be changed, right-click, and click Linework

➤

Edit.

The In-Place Edit toolbar is displayed.

Select the lines that you want to assign to a display component, right-click, and click Modify Component.

A list of available display components is displayed.

Select the component on which to put the lines.

For example, to make the lines invisible, select Erased Vectors for Linework Component.

You can also click

(Match existing linework) and select linework in the section whose display component

you want to match.

Click OK.

To finish the linework editing process, click

to save all changes, or click

to discard all changes to

the linework and exit in-place edit mode.

Merging Linework into a 2D Section

Use this procedure to merge geometry into a 2D section. When you merge linework into a section, you assign additional
linework to a display component of a section. Use this feature to add detail, or to add linework that you did not model.

Draw the geometry that you want to merge into a 2D section.

Select the 2D section to be changed, right-click, and click Linework

➤

Merge.

Select the geometry to merge into the section, and press

ENTER

Select the display component to assign the linework to.

You can also click

(Match existing linework) and select linework in the section whose display component

you want to match.

Click OK.

The linework is merged into the 2D section. When you select the section, the linework is selected with it.

Changing the Location of a 2D or 3D Section

You can relocate a section by changing the coordinate values of its insertion point. The section also has an orientation
with respect to the WCS or the current UCS. For example, if the top and bottom of the section are parallel to the XY
plane, its normal is parallel to the Z axis. You can change the orientation of the section by aligning its normal with
another axis. You can also rotate the section on its plane by changing the rotation angle.

For information about the world coordinate system (WCS) and the user coordinate system (UCS), see “Use Coordinates
and Coordinate Systems” in AutoCAD help.

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