SECTIONAL VIEW

UNDERSTANDING SECTION
 A sectional view represents that part of an
object which remains after a portion has been
removed. It is used to reveal internal features.
 In order to show internal features, an object

can be imagined to be cut along a plane

called a cutting plane. The cut portion nearer
to the observer is removed and the remaining
part is shown as a sectional view.
CUTTING PLANE
 The cutting plane is indicated on the drawing
by a long chain line 0.3mm thick and
thickened at both ends.
 The cutting plane is lettered and the arrows

indicate which of the two faces along the

cutting plane will be viewed.
HATCHING / SECTION LINING
 • Uniformly spaced by an interval of about 2.5 mm

 • Not too close together

 • Uniformly thin, not varying in thickness

 • Distinctly thinner than visible lines

 • Neither running beyond nor stopping short of visible

outlines
TYPES OF SECTIONAL VIEW
a) FULL SECTIONAL VIEW- if the cutting plane
is imagined to pass fully through the object,
the resulting view is known as fully
sectional view
b) HALF SECTIONAL VIEW- if the cutting plane
is imagined to pass half through the object,
the resulting view is known as fully sectional
view
c) OFFSET SECTIONS- when cutting plane
parallel to projection plane doesn’t expose
internal details, the cutting plane is offset for
that purposes
d) REVOLVED SECTIONS- In case of long
objects, if the cross sectional shape is
frequently changing, the revolved sections
are used to save all the principal views