SOLIDWORKS Section View
In a SOLIDWORKS Drawing, you can specify which components or rib features are to be left uncut in a section view or broken-out section view of an assembly by adding them to the excluded components list under the Section Scope tab of the View dialog…
Section views are created to see the internal cross section of the model or peer inside the model — without moving or hiding any geometry. Normally, we create the section view in a SOLIDWORKS 3D model with the Section Tool from the Heads up view…
Creating Aligned Views in SOLIDWORKS can have different results, depending on the geometry of the model being sectioned and the settings selected in the process of creating the Section View. The SOLIDWORKS Foreshorten view option that appears during creation of Aligned Views makes a big…
As a designer or drafter we need to know the correct projection of the orthogonal views in drawings. There are two projection methods: First Angle and Third Angle. Depending on where on the globe we are living the projection direction will be different. For North…
When adding Section Views to your SOLIDWORKS drawings, there is a pop-up toolbar allowing you to place jogs in the section line. There are the options Arc Offset, Single Offset and Notch Offset
If you’ve used the SOLIDWORKS Section View tool and noticed that your model appears hollow, similar to a surface body, this has to do with the Section Cap options. This is because you may have inadvertently deselected the option “Show Section Cap” in the Section View…
SOLIDWORKS 2017 now gives you the ability to create transparent section views! Instead of a section view that completely cuts away the model. We can now designate components to be displayed as transparent. SOLIDWORKS Transparent section views leave a ghosted view of the sectioned off quadrant; but…
In some cases, it may be necessary or beneficial to exclude hatching from particular features of a part or components of an assembly. Most notably, ribs and similar features can be removed from a section hatch to help add clarity to drawing views. Thankfully there…
SOLIDWORKS 2017 Emphasized Outline Section View will help you read between the lines
For those of us that remember a time before SOLIDWORKS was a common tool in the shop, the ability to automatically create a section view from a 3D assembly is a marvelous thing! With that said, every so often we have a complex assembly where…