SECTION VIEWS PRODUCING INVALID BODIES

[toycept]

I'm working on an assembly and when I try to create a section view I get a window that says "Sectioning at this position will produce invalid bodies". I've never see this warning before... The strange thing is I was able to produce a section view previously with this same assembly... and it now this warning is occurring within a part file. I looked at thread559-132305 but didn't really see anything there that might help. Since this previous thread has anyone gotten any further insight to why this occurs....??

Thanks in advance for you help.

 

[Theophilus]

I got that the other day with an assembly drawing. It worked fine, I edited a part, and then the drawing was hosed. I cut a section through my part and then had a detail of the section view. The detail remained OK, but the section itself was in Dangling color and didn't section the parts correctly. ???



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[uGlay]

I had that happen to me too. It turned out the section line was too short so it wouldnt do it. I extended the section line a bit and it did it, then i cropped the view.

 

[TheTick]

It's possible that sectioning doesn't work when CAPS LOCK is engaged.

Usually it happens when the section line intersects a vertex, especially the end of a cone.

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[MFDO]

I’ve seen this warning if a hole or body is tangent to the Sectional Line.
Try to move the sectioning sketch slightly.