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# CapturedRoom.Section

An object that identifies a particular area in a captured room in relation to common types of room areas in a building.

```
struct Section
```

## Overview

When RoomPlan recognizes a captured room as one of the common kinds of room areas, such as a living room, the framework adds an instance of this structure to the room’s [`sections`](/documentation/RoomPlan/CapturedRoom/sections) array.

The section instance provides:

- A label type for the common area ([`label`](/documentation/RoomPlan/CapturedRoom/Section/label-swift.property)), such as  [`CapturedRoom.Section.Label.livingRoom`](/documentation/RoomPlan/CapturedRoom/Section/Label-swift.enum/livingRoom)
- A center point ([`center`](/documentation/RoomPlan/CapturedRoom/Section/center)), that generally locates the area within the room
- A story ([`story`](/documentation/RoomPlan/CapturedRoom/Section/story)), that identifies a floor number for the area in the building

In a larger room, the framework may identify multiple types of areas, for example, a kitchen and a dining room. In that case, the `sections` array contains both, [`CapturedRoom.Section.Label.kitchen`](/documentation/RoomPlan/CapturedRoom/Section/Label-swift.enum/kitchen) and [`CapturedRoom.Section.Label.diningRoom`](/documentation/RoomPlan/CapturedRoom/Section/Label-swift.enum/diningRoom), and their `center` points distinguish their individual locations within the room.

## Topics

### Creating a section

[`init(from:)`](/documentation/RoomPlan/CapturedRoom/Section/init(from:))

Creates a section by deserializing the given decoder.

### Describing a section

[`label`](/documentation/RoomPlan/CapturedRoom/Section/label-swift.property)

A textual name for the section.

[`CapturedRoom.Section.Label`](/documentation/RoomPlan/CapturedRoom/Section/Label-swift.enum)

Textual names for one part of a larger structure.

### Locating a section

[`story`](/documentation/RoomPlan/CapturedRoom/Section/story)

The story, floor number, or level on which the section resides in a structure.

[`center`](/documentation/RoomPlan/CapturedRoom/Section/center)

The center position of a section.

### Serializing a section

[`encode(to:)`](/documentation/RoomPlan/CapturedRoom/Section/encode(to:))

Serializes a section to the specified encoder.


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