Animating Section Planes

Similar to the object animations discussed in the previous section, Navisworks can animate sectioned views using section planes. This feature allows for a quick and robust way to create compelling animations that not only provide interior views of your model but can also be used to create accurate cutaways of site utilities and underground components. Using the standard object animations, you can create impressive fly-through animations that you can use to inform all project stakeholders of the project's scope.

For these exercises, you'll be using the sectioning tools that were originally discussed in Chapter 5. Make sure you're comfortable with using these tools. Let's use the file c10_Meadowgate_Section_Animations.nwd ...

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