Create a revolved section view

  1. Choose Home tab→Drawing Views group→Section View

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  2. Click a multi-line cutting plane.

  3. On the command bar, set the Revolved Section option.

  4. If you selected a cutting plane with unparallel first and last lines, click the first or last line to define a fold angle for the section view.

  5. On the drawing sheet, click to position the revolved section view.

Tip:

  • A cutting plane can be used to create only one section view. Before you can use a cutting plane to create another section view, you must delete the first section view.

  • To hide edges created by a cutting plane line with multiple segments, clear the Show Edges Created By Cutting Plane Line Vertices option. You can set this option in two places in the draft document.

    • To set this as a preference for new section views, on the Solid Edge Options dialog box, click the Edge Display tab, and then click Advanced.

    • To show or hide the cutting plane line edges in an existing drawing view, from its shortcut menu, choose Properties, and then click the Advanced tab.

  • To change the section view direction, edit the view direction lines on the selected cutting plane.

  • You can use fill and hatch styles to define the patterned area of a section view.

Section view options
  • You can use the Section Only option to create a thin-section view that displays only the graphics that are physically cut by the cutting plane. This option is available only while creating a section view.

  • For assembly models, you can use the Model Display Settings dialog box to show and hide parts before you click to place the section view.

Section view alignment
  • When you click to position the section view, the section view is created so that it is aligned with the cutting plane.

  • If you specified a fold line, then the new view is aligned to the fold line.

Section views from section views
  • You can create a new section view using an existing section view.

  • You can create a new section view from a rotated view.  The new view has no alignment.

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