You can create section views in a model by cutting away multiple areas of the model. These multiple areas are defined by "intersection zones."
When you select section planes or faces, the bounding box of your selections is the intersection zone. You can use the intersection zones to create a section view of multiple areas of a model.
To use intersection zones in section views:
- Open install_dir\samples\whatsnew\assemblies\intersection_zones\gearbox.sldasm.
- Click Section View
(View toolbar) or .
- In the PropertyManager, under Section Method, select Zonal.
- Under Section 1:
- Click Front Plane
.
- For Offset Distance
, enter 0.
- Select Show section cap and Graphics-only section.
- Under Section 2:
- Click Top Plane
.
- For Offset Distance , enter 0.
- Under Section 3:
- Click Right Plane
.
- For Offset Distance , enter 0.
- Under Section Method, click in Intersection Zones.
Shaded intersection zones display in the graphics area.
- In the graphics area, select the lower left and upper right intersection zones shown.
- Click
.
- Change the view orientation to Front (Ctrl + 1).
- Zoom to the area shown and notice the single point contact along the centerline of the shaft.
- Press F, or click Zoom to Fit
.
- In the open graphics area, right-click and click Section View Properties.
- In the PropertyManager, clear Graphics-only section.
- Click .
- In the task dialog box, select Automatically resolve the issue and create the section view.
- Change the view orientation to Front (Ctrl + 1).
- Zoom to the area shown and notice the single point contact no longer exists along the centerline of the shaft.
- The section planes that created the section view have been shifted slightly to remove the single point contact that caused a zero-thickness geometry error.