Enhanced section views creation Plus

Enhanced section views creation Plus

Win64, English

NTCL Soft
Individual section views creation with compacted layout, new elevation range setting method, plot paper saving, reload last settings, section viewports & layouts auto generation and more...

General Usage Instructions

A. Sectionview creation: 

The procedures of section views creation, in brief, can be divided into 6 steps:

  1. Select alignment, sample line group & sample lines to draw section views;
  2. Set the number of section views per sheet (row x column number), row & column gap (spacing), paper size;
  3. Set the minimum distance above and below each section view's sections;
  4. Set the label set and section style/ code set style for sections; 
  5. Set the section view bandset;
  6. (Optional) Set the section view quantity table(s);

Click "Draw individual section views" to see results.

 B. Sectionview layout

  1. Create plot area block in Model space. A plot area in Model will cover the region of a Viewport in Paper space.  Plot area blocks are automatically inserted when drawing section view.  User can manually add, remove, edit Plot area block region later.
  2. Insert Title block or Title Xref in Model space, or chose a Template layout with Title;
  3. Create section view layout.  Each layout covers a sheet.  Viewport and Title block/Title Xref will be inserted to each layout automatically;

C. Printing

Use the App Block to Excel (lite) to export Title block attribute to Excel, edit attribute value in Excel and import back to Autodesk® AutoCAD®

User can print directly from Model space without step B3 and publish layouts or creat a sheetset from layouts

Previous settings are saved on exit & can be reloaded by Reload button at the bottom left.

Commands

Ribbon/Toolbar Icon Command Command Description

NTCLP_SectionviewPlus

Batch create individual section views with flexible section views arrangement, new elevation range setting method

NTCLP_BlockToExcel_Lite

Use the Block to Excel (lite) to export Title block attribute to Excel, edit attribute value in Excel, import back to Autodesk® Civil 3D®

Installation/Uninstallation

The installer that ran when you downloaded this app/plug-in from Autodesk App Store will start installing the app/plug-in. OR, simply double-click the downloaded installer to install the app/plugin.  You may need to restart the Autodesk product to activate the app/plug-in. To uninstall this plug-in, exit the Autodesk product if you are currently running it, simply rerun the installer, and select the "Uninstall" button. OR, click Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features (Windows 7/8.1/10/11) and uninstall as you would any other application from your system.

Additional Information

- App creates individual section views and individual section view group, not the (multiple) section view group;

- Once created, section views position are fixed and do not automatically change by the "Update group layout" command;

- App can use only one (1) active material table style and one (1) active volume table style per each drawing;

Known Issues

1. Some Civil 3D built-in command for Individual sectionview group may not work properly

- Section view bandset cannot be changed after being created.  If user tries to Change band set in "Section view group properties  - Individual section views" dialog, then Civil 3D will crash.

- Volume Tables cannot be batch changed after being created.  If user tries to Change Volume Tables in "Section view group properties  - Individual section views" dialog,  nothing happens when clicking ... button.

2. In some cases, the "Block to Excel lite" App cannot connect Excel® in Microsoft® 365 (Office® 365).  The NTCL Error message: "Cannot open Microsoft® Excel®" appears right after the App is called.

This error can be fixed by running "Quick Repair" on Microsoft® 365 (Office® 365). For more information, please refer to: https://www.NTCLSoft.com/home/troubleshooting

Contact

Company Name: NTCL Soft
Support Contact: NTCLApp1@gmail.com

Author/Company Information

NTCL Soft

Support Information

For questions/comments/suggestions/bug reports etc please send an email to NTCLApp1@gmail.com 

For more information about the license, please visit: https://www.ntclsoft.com/home/license-registration-guide

Version History

Version Number Version Description

1.0.0.0

Initial version.
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