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Yes. Cut the details directly from the model in the area that you are detailing. This page is a example of details that are "live", meaning if the model changes, these details will update. They will need a little TLC after the update to ensure the fill and labels are updated, but otherwise they are good to go.

 

I rarely "draw" a detail any longer. Model it correctly and cut the section to create the detail. 

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I realized at the UGM that not everyone knows something very important about about sections & elevations:  Cad & dimensions that you add to a section or elevation are always updated.  You only need to open and close/update when you've changed the model itself.

 

And a productivity tip - if there are parts where you've felt the need to use the Edit Layout (little pencil) tool to do some cleanup, you don't have to choose between doing that cleanup and converting the whole thing to cad.  You can do a "cad patch" where you put a little virtual white-out on part of it with a cad closed polyline with a white fill.  For example - if you don't like the multiple small lines that sometimes show up at the top of the terrain, put a cad patch over your terrain and then add a nice thick line at the terrain top itself, for that satisfying base line look.  

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For example - if you don't like the multiple small lines that sometimes show up at the top of the terrain, put a cad patch over your terrain and then add a nice thick line at the terrain top itself, for that satisfying base line look.  

 

And if the patch has a nice thick outline, and it's larger than the view, it can serve as the oh-so-satisfying line itself.

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