advanced 3D section view

[machiel.veldkamp]

So... I'm having an issue here. I don't know if Autodesk has already implemented this in Autosedk Inventor 2013 or 2014 yet however, I am in need of something. allow me to explain.

So as you can see above, I have created a quarter section view. Great! However I am wondering, is there such a tool, plugin or addon that I can install that allows me to section even further? For example in the horizontal plane too? 

I could REALLY use this. If you know anything please reply. Thanks! 

[cbenner]

I'm not aware of anything in the model... might be a good one for the Idea Station for future enhancement?

[Anonymous]

Unfortunately, not at the same time, although you could create a derived part of your model, and use that to section views from (Split, etc). Just use the multibody option.

[gsmith9810]

You might be able to get what you need by placing a cut as an assembly feature. You could of course obtain the quarter section using the cut assembly feature as well (either a single cut with the properly shaped sketch or as two cuts).

[gsmith9810]

Note that by using an assembly cut feature you will not get the nicely shaded faces on the cut faces but that may not matter as much as getting the view that you want without the material in the way.

[machiel.veldkamp]

Thank you all for your answers, however we're talking about a lagre assembly with a lot of components. A derived component would be to big in my RAM memory I think. 

I'm going to test it out this afternoon if I can. so thanks again and if there's someone else who has yet another suggestion I'd like to know!