Good afternoon TBC’ers! Have you ever wanted to quickly display a cross-section view of a surface? Well today I will be demonstrating the Surface Slicer View command. The Surface Slicer View command slices vertically through a surface to generate a cross-section on the fly.
1. From the Surfaces Ribbon in your TBC window, navigate to Create and select Surface Slicer View:
![](https://higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/TRIMBLE/JiveInlineImages/153556.png)
The Surface Slicer View command is also accessible from the very top of the TBC window by clicking on this icon:
![](https://higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/TRIMBLE/JiveInlineImages/153563.png)
Alternatively, we can right click on our surface in the Project Explorer and select Surface Slicer View:
![](https://higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/TRIMBLE/JiveInlineImages/153564.png)
2. A new Surface Slicer window displays below your Plan View (the Surface Slicer View command works exclusively with the Plan View). Click in the From box to pick a starting point for the slice in the Plan View, or type in a coordinate (in the format X, Y) or point ID. Hit Apply if you have typed in coordinates rather than picking coordinates in the Plan View.
![](https://higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/TRIMBLE/JiveInlineImages/153565.png)
After picking the From point, you can move the cursor across the surface to view the cross-section slice dynamically, without picking a To point. The Surface Slicer view automatically scales to fill the view as you move the cursor.
3. Pick an ending point for the slice, or type in a coordinate or point ID into the To box. Hit Apply if you have typed in coordinates rather than picking coordinates in the Plan View.
![](https://higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/TRIMBLE/JiveInlineImages/153566.png)
Red tic marks denote where the slice crosses points or breaklines. At certain view magnifications, slope values appear above segments:
![](https://higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/TRIMBLE/JiveInlineImages/153567.png)
To hide cross-section slope values, right click on the cross-section, and select Properties from the context menu:
![](https://higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/TRIMBLE/JiveInlineImages/153570.png)
In the Properties pane, select Hide in the Label Slope list:
![](https://higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/TRIMBLE/JiveInlineImages/153571.png)
We can check the Show slicing line box to show or hide the line indicating where the surface was sliced:
![](https://higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/TRIMBLE/JiveInlineImages/153569.png)
4. To add additional surfaces to the view, click Surfaces to display the Select Surface dialog:
![](https://higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/TRIMBLE/JiveInlineImages/153572.png)
5. Check boxes for the surfaces to include in the view, and click OK:
![](https://higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/TRIMBLE/JiveInlineImages/153573.png)
I hope this tip comes in handy next time you are working with surfaces in TBC!