I was speaking with a 2D user who was looking at SolidWorks. He asked me how he could get a better understanding of a 3D design.
Section view helps the SolidWorks user to understand where they are in 3D space. By graphically cutting away part of your model, you can better understand how to create 2D sketch geometry and how it relates to that given infinite plane in 3D space. SolidWorks gives the user the ability to “drag these sections planes thru the model dynamically as thou you were instantly cutting through the solid part. To enhance visualization, SolidWorks “caps” the end of the section to appear as thou the section left by the “cut” is solid.
Even more powerful, is the ability to define two graphical sections as is illustrated in the piston above, one blue and one green. At anytime during the SolidWorks session, these sections can be shown hidden or modified. You can even assign colors to the capped end plane for better clarification.
SolidWorks is all about making you productive and reducing CAD overhead. Section view is a great utility to help you more quickly and efficiently model your parts.
Fielder
How can I turn a quarter section cut of a model and view the other three quarter cut?
Posted by: Adrian Brown | October 10, 2006 at 12:59 PM
how do i get to print the section view with a different colored capped end plane ？ the problem is when the section view is displayed with the colored capped end, the print menu is invalidated. thanks
Posted by: alex | December 22, 2008 at 08:45 AM
I am using SW2008, SP4.0. Is anyone else having problems with views disappearing on a drawing? The view dimensions are shown but not the view itself until I grab the detail circle, pull it out a little and put it back the way it was. The view then re-appears. Also, changing line font drops me out of SW completely sporadically.
Posted by: Judy Schlobohm | December 23, 2008 at 02:16 PM