Vizex Sections Window and Section Control File toolbar 

The Vizex Sections window and its accompanying Section Control File toolbar provide a simple way to save section parameters in a file. In early versions of Micromine this could only be achieved by saving numerous Display Limits form sets.

The file containing the section definitions is known as a section control file, and sections saved within it are known as named sections. Once the file is created, you can use it to instantly move to any named section, or browse through the sections, irrespective of their orientation and thickness.

It’s also easy to convert named sections to Display Limits form sets and back.

Note: The Display Limits form is now a tab on the Vizex Sections window.

Display the Vizex Sections Window and Section Control File toolbar

The Sections Window is tabbed with the Vizex Forms and Properties windows. You can manage this window in the same way as any other dockable window in Micromine. The Section Control File toolbar provides you with an alternative way to use many of the Sections Window’s tools. Simply choose the interface that best suits your workflow.

Display the Sections Window

1. Select Window | Sections Window from the main menu.

Display the Section Control File toolbar

1. Right-click anywhere in a blank part of the toolbar area.
2. Select Section Control File from the right-click menu.
3. Alternatively, open the Section Control File toolbar.

TIP: The new Vizex Sections toolbar gives you convenient access to section operations not associated with a section control file.

Work with section control files

Create a new section control file

1. Click the Create Section Control File button on either the Sections Window toolbar or the Section Control File toolbar.

2. Enter the name of the section control file and click Save.
3. The name of the new file will appear in the Sections Window, below the Standard Sections node.

TIP: Micromine automatically creates the SECTIONS folder within the current project and saves the file to that location.

Convert a Vizex Display Limits form set to a Named Section

1. In the Vizex Sections window, click the [+] icon next to the Display Limits node to expand it.
2. Double-click the desired Display Limits form set to activate it.
3. Either:
   1. Right-click your section control file in the Vizex Sections window, then
   2. Choose Create Named Section from the pop-up window.

4. Or:
   1. Click your section control file to select it, then
   2. Click the Create Named Section button on the Section Control File toolbar.

5. Enter a Section name and click OK.

Your new named section will appear as list item underneath your section control file.

Convert a Named Section to a Display Limits form set

1. In the Vizex Sections window, click the [+] icon next to your section control file to expand it.
2. Double-click the desired named section to activate it.
3. Click the Save View as Display Limits Form button on the Section Control File toolbar.

4. Enter the Title of the new Display Limits form set and click OK.

Open an existing section control file

1. Click the Open Section Control File button on either the Sections Window toolbar or the Section Control File toolbar.

2. Select the desired section control file and click Open.
3. The name of the file will appear in the Sections Window, below the Standard Sections node.

TIP: Section control files automatically reopen at the beginning of a Micromine session. You must specifically close a section control file to remove its named sections from the list.

Work with Named Sections

Go directly to a named section

1. In the Vizex Sections window, click the [+] icon next to your section control file to expand it.
2. Right-click (or double-click) on the named section to apply it to the display.

Step between named sections

1. Double-click the first named section in the file to activate it.
2. Click the Next Section button in the Section Control File toolbar to step forward through the sections.

3. Click the Previous Section button to step backward through the sections.

Step away from a named section

1. Double-click the named section to activate it.
2. Click the Next Section button on the Vizex Sections or View toolbars to step forward from the named section.
3. Click the Previous Section button on the Vizex Sections or View toolbars to step back from the named section.

TIP: These tools ignore the adjacent named sections and use the Display Limits settings instead. Combining the two browsing methods allows you to define type sections in the section control file, and browse away from them using the regular Display Limits settings.

Convert between section a control file and a Vizex string file

You may already have a string file that shows the location of your defined sections, or alternatively, you may want to show the named sections as strings on a plot. Either conversion is a simple process.

Convert a string file to a section control file

1. Create a string file where every section is shown as a single line segment. This is most easily done in plan view.
2. Select Strings | Convert | Strings to Section Control File from the main menu.
3. Fill out the Input file details, the Default orientation settings, and the Output section file name, and click OK.

Convert a section control file to a string file to display in Vizex

1. Select Strings | Convert | Strings from Section Control File from the main menu.
2. Fill out the Input file details and the Output string file name, and click OK.

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