Translations:BIM ingame tutorial/157/en

One of the most commonly operations done with a BIM model is to extract 2D drawings from it, such as plans or elevations. There are several ways to do that in FreeCAD, depending on the result you wish to obtain. Basically, you can choose between producing the 2D result inside the 3D space, which is useful if you wish to rework it there, build further on it or better control how it is exported to formats like DXF or DWG, or on a TechDraw sheet that is better suited for impression or export to PDF. In both cases, it starts with placing a Section Plane in your model: