Section View Solidworks

The section view can be a straight cut section or an offset section defined by a stepped section line.

Section view solidworks. In a section view in a part or assembly document the model is displayed as if cut by planes and faces that you specify to show the internal construction of the model. Section views can also be imported into drawings to provide details that would otherwise be hidden from view. A section view is an evaluation tool used in solidworks to make a temporary cut in a model for a clearer view of other areas.

Section views in models. Section views in drawings you create a section view in a drawing by cutting the parent view with a cutting or section line. Toggle the view off and on.

Section view propertymanager drawings section display types. With a drawing open click options standard toolbar select the document properties tab then select views section. To insert a horizontal section view.

The section view is not limited to a planar cut and more complex sections can be extremely useful. Changing the orientation of a section. The section views shown in figure 4 50 use a hatching pattern made from evenly spaced 45 lines.

In cutting line select auto start section view. Troubleshooting section views. This is the most commonly used hatch pattern for section views and is designated as ansi 31 in the ansi hatch patterns.

Generally you start by creating a drawing view use the section view command from the view layout tab and place the resulting section. In the section view propertymanager click section. Select bodies or components to include in or exclude from section views.