Inventor Companion Sectioning

[Anonymous]

I created an Inventor companion file and I need to create a section to this part. The section requires more than two section lines. When I attempt to create the aligned section, it tells me it must contain exactly 2 segments. I have 4 segment lines and it won't let me section it. I converted them all to one polyline. Is there anything I may be able to do? This is my first attempt at creating a companion file and i can use all the help I can get.

Thanks.

Jeff

[Anonymous]

Thank you for using AutoCAD Mechanical. This is the current behavior of Inventor Companion. The steps were documented in the help file. Key in "Section View" at help find to list the following: "Draw a cut line in the parent view. The first line segment of the cut line must start outside the part or assembly and end inside the part or assembly. The second line segment must start inside the part or assembly and end outside. Only two line segments are allowed when creating a cut line for an aligned section view. " We would like to thank you for using Inventor Companion and please do not hesitate to forward us any question you might come across while using the product. kim-chwee.ang@autodesk.com Product Designer Manufacturing Solutions Division Autodesk, Inc. "bumsquish" wrote in message news:21698996.1095856177449.JavaMail.jive@jiveforum2.autodesk.com... > I created an Inventor companion file and I need to create a section to this part. The section requires more than two section lines. When I attempt to create the aligned section, it tells me it must contain exactly 2 segments. I have 4 segment lines and it won't let me section it. I converted them all to one polyline. Is there anything I may be able to do? This is my first attempt at creating a companion file and i can use all the help I can get. > > Thanks. > > Jeff