The Path Profile settings provide an option for viewing the selected Path Profile as a terrain cutaway in the 3D viewer. The profile included in the 3D viewer will be based on the first segment in the graphed Profile line. This tool is useful for more in-depth visual analysis for a path profile. This functionality is not currently available with Perpendicular Profile display enabled.
This cutaway view will feature a “wall” along the cutaway that shows the same basic cross section as the main Path Profile window. The wall will show the same Profile graph displayed in the Path Profile window. The profile graph will display corresponding to the terrain, and the cutaway will follow the trajectory of the first segment of the profile line.
The side of the path profile that is cutaway will adjust as the orientation of the 3D view is changed.
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A four-way cutaway will create a rectangular extent in the 3D viewer with profile graphs on each edge. The width of the cutaway follows the length of the first line segment of the path in the Path Profile. The depth of terrain displayed in the rectangle is measured away from the path using Max Distance to Path setting in Path Profile Settings.
Cutaway views can also be used with draped imagery on top of the terrain or loaded 3D vector features.
Displaying terrain cutaways requires a loaded terrain surface. If you are working with LiDAR data you can generate an Elevation grid from the ground points, or load other terrain data, such as from online source.
Terrain cutaway with LiDAR data