Line visibility through solid parts

[Anonymous]

The problem I am having is this:  I am working on a cylindrical part, and I need to CAD an internal feature for the part.  I set up a parallel plane at the point within the geometry that the feature is to be located, and am attempting to sketch the profile of the part using the 2D sketch feature.  However, the lines that I am sketching are not visible through the rest of the existing cylinder, for example, if I have draw a 30 mm line from the centre point of a 20mm radius cylinder, only the final 10 mm of the line will be shown.  While the line is still functional, it is highly inconvenient when trying to sketch these features, they are difficult to work with as I can not see them through the part.  Is there any way to set the defaut visibility for 2D sketches to be so that they are visible through solid parts?  

[JDMather · Accepted solution]

F7

or

Wirefram Visual Style

or

a transparent color to part.

I prefer F7, occasionally set part to transparent color.

In later versions (2012/2013) you can also create a section view and view rep.

[Anonymous]

Thanks, I didn't realize that you could turn it into a section view with F7.  

[mrattray]

Slice graphics is the term. It's a little different from a section. Just a technicality, but I've always thought it's important to get terminology correct.