Floor Plan Section Cut

A floor plan is the most fundamental architectural diagram a view from above showing the arrangement of spaces in building in the same way as a map but showing the arrangement at a particular level of a building technically it is a horizontal section cut through a building conventionally at four feet one metre and twenty centimetres above floor level showing walls windows.

Floor plan section cut.

Plan drawings are in fact a type of section but they cut through the building on a horizontal rather than vertical plane. The reason for doing it this way instead of using sketchup s built in section cut tool is that this way eliminates the empty spaces where a mass has been cut revealing the geometry below. If you have not setup any views before choosing this option the dialog box will be empty. If part of a floor is cut through the floor should appear to be solid instead of showing any lines from the top of the walls on the floor below.

The plan is typically cut at a height of about 4 feet but the architect drawing the plan may cut it at a different height. This means that you have an imaginary plane cutting through the building at an elevation of 4 feet above the floor. Therefor you see in the cut anything that the plane passes through. It displays a list of section views and floor plan views.