Sections

Menu: Analyze / Sections

The Sections tool generates cross-sections along an alignment or between two selected points. Points within the section box are displayed in a secondary window, where they can be:
✔ Picked for virtual surveying
✔ Classified
✔ Deleted

1. Cross-Section Creation Methods

Bounding Box

• Defines the dimensions of each cross-section.

• Controls the position of the sections relative to the alignment.

• Sets the spacing between sections along the path.

By Alignment

• Creates cross-sections along a predefined alignment.

• A list of available alignments is provided in a drop-down menu.

• New alignments can be added using:

  • Pick Points Tool

  • Alignment Tool

By Points

• Defines a cross-section perpendicular to a line segment created between two picked points.

By Class

• Creates cross-sections based on selected point classifications.

• Requires Clusterization Parameters to be adjusted so the algorithm can detect clusters within the selected class.

2. Viewing and Navigating Sections

Show

• Opens the secondary window displaying the cross-section points.

• The bounding box of the section is visible in the main window.

• The cross-section is perpendicular to the chosen path and follows the specified thickness, height, and width.

Next / Previous

• Moves the secondary window to the next or previous cross-section along the alignment.

• The distance between each section is controlled by the Step field.