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EngineeringDrawings:

Sectioning

AshortseriesoflecturesonEngineeringDrawingasPartofENGG1960
ByPaulBriozzo

Sectioning

Featuresthatcannotbeseenbyhiddendetail
Cuttingplaneremovespartsectioniswhatisleft
Crosshatchingisat45o equispaced
Centrelinesoftenusedforcuttingplanes
Verythinsectionsnothatchede.g.gaskets,seals
Donotshowhiddendetailinsectionalview(exceptforspecialfeatures)
Webs,Shafts,boltsandpinsareusuallyNOTsectionedeveniftheyarein
thecuttingplane

RulestoRememberWhen
Sectioning
Asectionalviewshowsthepartofthecomponentinfrontofthecutting
planearrows.Inthirdangleprojectionthesectionalviewisplacedon
thesidebehindthesectioningviewingplane.
Materialwhichhasbeencutbythecuttingplaneishatched.Standard
exceptionsarenotedpreviously.
Asectionalviewmustnothaveanyfulllinesdrawnoverhatchedareas.
Asageneralrule,dimensionsareNOTinsertedinhatchedareas.

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