Creating Graphics-only Section Views

You can quickly generate a section view by generating a graphics-only section view.

To create a graphics-only section view:

Open a part or assembly.
On the View toolbar, click Section View .
Under Section 1, select Graphics-only section.
Set other options and click .

You cannot select a sectioned face or edge. You must retain the section cap color in a graphics-only section view. Pixels that lay within the same plane as the section plane or face are not hidden.

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Graphics

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