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Cross Section

Cross Section

Cross Section

(OP)
How to Create a Cross Sections including all features of the component into YZ-Datum Plane ?

RE: Cross Section

in the model or drawing ?

RE: Cross Section

(OP)
in the model...

RE: Cross Section

There are at least 3 options:
  • Insert -> Curve from bodies -> Section
  • Insert -> Curve from Bodies -> Intersect
  • View -> Section -> new section...
If you don't see one (or more) of these options in your menu, you may have to use the customize tool to add it or change to a role that includes it by default (such as one with full menus).

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RE: Cross Section

(OP)
Features are at different angle in the model but i've to show cross section at TCD (i.e like X-Section).

RE: Cross Section

Sounds like something that would be better handled in a drawing cross section view then...

But, if you really want to do this, you can extract curves from the body and project them into your desired plane.

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RE: Cross Section

What you appear to be describing is something that is only supported in Drafting and is known as a 'Folded Section View', which looks like this:



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