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Understanding Section Views in CAD

Section views use cutting planes to reveal interior features of parts and structures. They are useful for assembly, visualization, and describing complicated assemblies. With CAD, section views can be automatically created by specifying the cutting plane position and selecting which side of the plane to display. Different types of section views include full, half, and broken out sections.

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  • multiview drawings,
  • technical communication,
  • engineering documentation,
  • visualization techniques,
  • cutaway drawings,
  • design visualization,
  • technical illustrations,
  • cutting planes,
  • interior visualization,
  • assembly visualization
101 views13 pages

Understanding Section Views in CAD

Section views use cutting planes to reveal interior features of parts and structures. They are useful for assembly, visualization, and describing complicated assemblies. With CAD, section views can be automatically created by specifying the cutting plane position and selecting which side of the plane to display. Different types of section views include full, half, and broken out sections.

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Al Abri MoMx
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
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Topics covered

  • multiview drawings,
  • technical communication,
  • engineering documentation,
  • visualization techniques,
  • cutaway drawings,
  • design visualization,
  • technical illustrations,
  • cutting planes,
  • interior visualization,
  • assembly visualization

Section Views

Outline
 Introduction
 Applications of sectional views
 CAD Technique for creating sections
 Understand the concept of cutting planes to create
section views
 Describe different types of sectional views
Introduction
 Section views are an important
aspect of design and
documentation and are used to
improve the clarity and reveal
interior features of parts and
structures
 Sectional drawings are
multiview technical drawings
that contain special views of a
part or parts, views that reveal
interior features
 Primary reason for section
view: to eliminate hidden lines,
so that the drawing can be
understood or visualized more
easily
Introduction

Sectioning uses a technique that is based on passing an imaginary cutting


plane that cuts through the object to reveal interior features
Applications of sectional views

Mechanical assemblies are sectioned to assist in the assembly of


components and to aid visualization
Applications of sectional views

Cutaway drawings of concrete box girder bridge superstructure used


in civil engineering
Applications of sectional views

Sectioned technical illustrations are used to describe


interior features of complicated assemblies
CAD Technique for creating sectional views

 With 3-D CAD, it is possible to create the sections of parts or structures


automatically by specifying the positon of the cutting plane relative to the object
 Then selecting which part of the object to display by picking one side of the
cutting plane or the other
Cutting plane
types
Cutting plane lines –
show where the cutting
plane passes thro the object
and represent the edge
view of the cutting plane
and are drawn in the view
adjacent to the section
view

 Horizontal cutting
plane: the cutting
plane appears as an
edge in the front view
and is normal
(perpendicular to the
LOS) in the top view;
 The top half of the
object is removed and
the top view is drawn
in section
Cutting plane
types

 Frontal cutting plane:


the cutting plane
appears as an edge in
the top view and is
normal in the front
view;
 The front half of the
object is removed and
the front view is drawn
in section
Cutting plane types

 Profile cutting
plane: the cutting
plane appears as an
edge in the top and
front view and is
normal in the
profile view;
 The left or right
half of the object is
removed and the
profile view is
drawn in section
Section view types

 Full section: made by


passing the imaginary
cutting plane
completely through
the object
 Half section: are
created by passing an
imaginary cutting
plane only halfway
through an object –
mostly used on
symmetrical parts
 Broken out sections:
used only when a
portion of the object
needs to be sectioned
– for saving time
Summary
 Section views are powerful aids in the design,
documentation and construction of products
 There are many different types of section views
 CAD is useful for automating the creation of section
views and adding section lines

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