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Section View Gone Bad

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JMirisola

Mechanical
Sep 28, 2006
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I have a drawing that I'm creating multiple partial sections in. Sections created with vertical lines work fine but sections created with a horizontal line only work in one direction. The "bad" sections, which are supposed to be partial sections, show up as full sections, brown and with no depth control. If I flip direction they behave as expected.
I've tried starting a new drawing, starting off as a full section then changing to a partial section, moving views to different sheets, adjusting sketch locations and crying. All to no avail.
Any thoughts?

Jeff Mirisola, CSWP, Certified DriveWorks AE
 
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Could be a geometry problem.

Is this only happening for one specific section? Check to see how you've modeled the part. Maybe there's a simpler way, etc. Could be creating some kind of zero thickness geometry mumbo jumbo or something.

I've had sections act really wierd before, and remaking drawings/views wouldn't fix. Usually I just dealt with it and moved on, and chalked it up as a "limitation". Although those limitations only bug the living you know what out of me.



James Spisich
Design Engineer, CSWP
 
Unfortunately, it's not a singular part. It's a portion of a large assembly. The first 15 sections I've created work just fine, these last two are giving me a migraine.

Jeff Mirisola, CSWP, Certified DriveWorks AE
 
Just don't feed or let them drink water after midnight.. =P

James Spisich
Design Engineer, CSWP
 
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