Creating Vertical Section View in AutoCAD MEP

Vertical section is the section created by using a vertical plane passing through the object to be sectioned. To create a vertical section in AutoCAD MEP, choose the Vertical Section tool from the Section & Elevation panel of the Home tab in the Ribbon of AutoCAD MEP; you will be prompted to specify the start point of the section line. Click in the drawing area to specify the start point of the section; you will be prompted to specify the next point of the section line. Click in the drawing area to specify the end point of section line; you will be prompted again to specify the next point for the section line. Press ENTER at the command prompt; you will be prompted to specify the length of the bounding box. Enter the length of the section area at the command prompt; the section line will be created. Below figure A shows a drawings with the section line created and figure B shows the same drawing with section view created.

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Specifying the HVAC Parameters
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Starting a Project
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