Section Arrows Direction

[Anonymous]

I don't seem to get it, Inventor is randomly choosing a direction for my section view with each different drawing.  I don't know how to force the section direction via code.  When it faces the wrong direction, the program will continue to create dimensions, and they will have a 0 point connection, and fail, and the Inventor application becomes unstable and sometimes crashes.

 'end view as a drawing section view:
        Dim pntEndView As Point2d = tg.CreatePoint2d(6 * 2.54, 6 * 2.54)
        Dim skSection As DrawingSketch = vSide.Sketches.Add()

        skSection.Edit()
        Dim pnt1 As Point2d = tg.CreatePoint2d(vSide.Left - DimOffset, vSide.Top + DimOffset)
        pnt1 = skSection.SheetToSketchSpace(pnt1)
        Dim pnt2 As Point2d = tg.CreatePoint2d(vSide.Left - DimOffset, vSide.Top - vSide.Height - DimOffset)
        pnt2 = skSection.SheetToSketchSpace(pnt2)
        Dim lSection As SketchLine = skSection.SketchLines.AddByTwoPoints(pnt1, pnt2)
                              skSection.ExitEdit()
        Dim vEnd As SectionDrawingView = shClearance.DrawingViews.AddSectionView(vSide, skSection, pntEndView, DrawingViewStyleEnum.kHiddenLineRemovedDrawingViewStyle, CDbl(1 / 40))
        'vEnd.ReverseDirection()
        vEnd.Aligned = False
        vEnd.Position = pntEndView
        Dim pEndLabel As Point2d = vEnd.Label.Position
        pEndLabel.TranslateBy(tg.CreateVector2d(0, -2 * 2.54))
        vEnd.Label.Position = pEndLabel

I can reverse direction, but I want to make sure it is pointing in the correct direction in the first place.  Please help.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

I'm feeling a little sheepish.  A collegue of mine suggested I was picking the wrong side of the line when creating the view.  The truth is, I wanted to move the view after it was placed, so I created a point on the page, that was close to the line, and potentially would become on either side of the line as the side view got longer or shorter.  My solution, when creating the view place the center point intentionally on the proper side of the section line, then after it is created, break and move the view.  Again something we do by hand without thinking about it.