Tuesday, June 09, 2009

Offset Section

To create an offset section, open the model and the drawing. Select the drawing view that will display the offset section. In this example, it is a "Front" view. Right-click and open the "Properties" panel.

Select Sections (on the left), pick "2D cross-section", click the green +, then choose "Create New". A sub-menu will pop up. Select "Offset", then "Done". Type in a name for the view, and hit "enter". The window will swap to the model file.

You will now be prompted to set up a sketch plane for drawing the section line. Choose the plane in which the section arrows will appear in your drawing; in this example, choose the "Top" view.

It then prompts for the direction, and then the orientation plane.

Now you will be taken into sketch mode. Choose "Sketch/References" as usual to add desired references, then draw the section cut line. When done, click the check-mark to close sketcher.

Now you will return to the drawing, with the view's "Properties" panel open. Select "OK".

The section cut will now be displayed in the drawing view. To show the arrows, right-click the view, and pick "Show Arrows".

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