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Create a Half section view in drawing

razvan-campian — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 10:35:41 GMT

Hello everybody,

Does anybody know how can we obtain a half section view in a drawing, just like the one in the 3D environment (like in the image below)?

I need it to show in a isometric view the way that 2 parts are assembled.

Thank you, have a nice day!

Re: Create a Half section view in drawing

NigelHay — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 11:39:25 GMT

I've found in the past that if I create an orthogonal section view then create a projected view from that, it will sometimes show the projection as a section as you need & sometimes as a full unsectioned view. I've never discovered what controls this behaviour.

Re: Create a Half section view in drawing

johnsonshiue — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 21:00:29 GMT

Hi Razvan,

The assembly graphical section view does not automatically carry over to the drawing. You will need to create the shaded orthogonal section view in the drawing. Then create an isometric view from the section view.

Hi Nigel,

I think the behavior is controlled by "Section Inheritance" setting. In any child view of a section view, edit the view -> Display Option -> Section Inheritance. You can choose whether or not the cut is carried over to the child view.

Many thanks!

Re: Create a Half section view in drawing

James_Willo — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 07:04:25 GMT

To illustrate Johnsons point.

Place the view

Use section view

Use projected view

Re: Create a Half section view in drawing

NigelHay — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 10:45:35 GMT

Johnson Shiue, thanks for that. The Section Inheritance setting does indeed control if the projected view is sectioned or not.

Re: Create a Half section view in drawing

razvan-campian — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 06:36:56 GMT

Thank you for the reply, but it's not what I'm looking for.

I need to do the section just like the way that can be done with the "Half section view" in the 3D enviroment. Maybe creating a plane and saving it as an "View representation" without having to generate 2 extra views.

Maybe we will have this oprion in future versions, maybe...

Re: Create a Half section view in drawing

James_Willo — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 06:41:25 GMT

In that case, the only way to do it is to create a model state of the assembly and extrude a cut through it all.

Then you can place that state instead.

You need Inventor 2022 onwards for this.