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Drawing Cross Section View

Drawing Cross Section View

Drawing Cross Section View

(OP)
I want to create a cross sectional view in a drawing, but can not find a nice way of doing so.
Not sure if my terminology is correct, but to me a cross sectional view only shows the areas where the model intersects a plane, as opposed to a section view which also shows faces/edges/parts which do not intersect the plane.

I can think of 2 ways to work around this
-A configuration where the model is cut, leaving only a thin sliver.
-Hiding all parts which do not intersect the plane.

Both of these have shortcomings which make tehm less than ideal. Is there a better way of doing this?

Thanks

RE: Drawing Cross Section View

Select the view to give it focus, over on the left in the property manager pane select 'Display only cut faces' under Section View.

Cheers,

Anna Wood
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RE: Drawing Cross Section View

(OP)
Thanks alot Anna.
How I managed to not see that is beyond me.

Cheers

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