{"id":960,"date":"2006-05-30T19:10:21","date_gmt":"2006-05-30T23:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/example.org\/section_views_i"},"modified":"2013-07-18T12:40:59","modified_gmt":"2013-07-18T12:40:59","slug":"section_views_i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2006\/05\/section_views_i.html","title":{"rendered":"Section Views in Your Designs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span face=\"Times New Roman\">I was speaking with a 2D user who was looking at SolidWorks.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>He asked me how he could get a better understanding of<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>a 3D design.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\"><span face=\"Times New Roman\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span face=\"Times New Roman\">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 \u201cdrag these sections planes thru the model dynamically as thou you were instantly cutting through the solid part. To enhance visualization, SolidWorks \u201ccaps\u201d the end of the section to appear as thou the section left by the \u201ccut\u201d is solid.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">\n<p><span face=\"Times New Roman\"> <a onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=606,height=259,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/section_view.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Section_view\" height=\"64\" alt=\"Section_view\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/section_view1.jpg\" width=\"150\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span face=\"Times New Roman\">Even more powerful, is the ability to define two graphical sections as is illustrated in the piston above, one<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>blue and one green. At anytime during the SolidWorks session, these sections can be shown hidden or<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>modified. You can even assign colors to the capped end plane for better clarification.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">\n<p><span face=\"Times New Roman\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span face=\"Times New Roman\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span face=\"Times New Roman\">Fielder <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was speaking with a 2D user who was looking at SolidWorks.&nbsp; He asked me how he could get a better understanding of&nbsp; a 3D design. 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