Cross Sections giving side view of surface after re-referencing design files

You should be able to reset this to the cross section view by just rerunning the "Open Cross Section View" command and selecting View 8 again.

Hope that helps.

Steve

I do expect this to be the answer; however, when I do this I get a cross section view that displays the elevation axis to 100,000 feet and the dot of the actual cross section if off the cross section grid. When I zoom in to see the cross section I still have a side view of the surface. I'm thinking memory or security issues.  DOCX

I would try to detach all references from the 3d model and dynamic cross section view then re-open the sections.

Matt,

That's how I got here. 

I just reloaded the software and I still have a nice side view of the terrain. IT has this laptop extra extra secure. I'm wondering if a computer setting could be affecting something in the software.

It is always tough to say what impact security settings have on a situation like this, but I would not suspect that to be the issue as all this content should reside in the DGN file that you would appear to have read/write access to. Another thought to try would be the key in:

geometry dynamicsection deletedxsviews

In the V8i products it was a command that was available in the right click menu, I don't think it is exposed anywhere in the GUI for ORD, but would be worth a try.

Steve

That's an interesting Key-In. It removed all of the surface lines from the cross sections but left the little boxes representing the application of parametric constraints. 

I had the software reloaded and I've re-installed the workspace again. I can recreate the sections now without the side view of the surface. 

That's an interesting Key-In. It removed all of the surface lines from the cross sections but left the little boxes representing the application of parametric constraints. 

I had the software reloaded and I've re-installed the workspace again. I can recreate the sections now without the side view of the surface.