Section Styles

Create Once, Use Everywhere

New in 9

For architects and designers who produce plans, sections, and elevations from their models, save your Section Styles and reuse on any object, layer, or clipping plane. Previously, every custom style was a one-off. Ten layers of concrete meant ten styles to edit. Now it is one.

One style named Concrete holds the hatch pattern, background fill, boundary linetype and color, and print colors. Change its hatch pattern scale and every section in the drawing set follows.

Try It

1. Download Rhino 9 WIP for Windows or Mac.
2. Download and Open DocumentSectionStyles-TryIt.3dm in Rhino .
3. To create a style:
   1. Go to the File menu > Properties > Section Styles.
   2. Select the New icon to create a new Document Section Style.

      

4. In the dialog:
   1. Rename the style from Section Style 01 to Earth.
   2. Set the Hatch Pattern to Earth.
   3. Set the Pattern Rotation to 45 degrees.
   4. Set the Pattern Scale to 2.
   5. Set the Background Color to Gray.
   6. Press OK.

      

5. Apply the style to an object:
   1. Select the bottom base object in the model-
   2. Open the Properties panel.
   3. In the Section Style drop-down, choose Earth.

      

6. Apply the style to a second object:
   1. Select the matching object on the opposite side of the model.
   2. In Properties , select Earth from the Section Style drop-down list.

      

7. Edit once, update everywhere:
   1. Go back to Document Properties > Section Styles page
   2. Select Earth
   3. Change one of its settings, such as Pattern Scale or Background Color.

      

   4. Both objects using the Earth style update at the same time.

      

8. Apply the remaining Document Section Styles. The objects on the right side of the model already use the Sand, Concrete, and Wall styles.
9. Try it on your own! Try applying Section styles per layer on your favorite models.
10. Share comments and feedback on the Rhino Forum.

Rhino Commands

• Hatch