Dialogue Window for Sectional Views (3-D)

You make the settings for sectional views in the New sectional view dialogue window, which is displayed automatically when you call the Sectional view function.

These are:

Type of the sectional view
Sketch for the section path
Representation of sectional views
Hatching settings

Type of the sectional view

With parts in background

The view is displayed as a solid.

Only cut surface

A sectional view is created in which only the cut surface is displayed.

With depth limitation

If this option is active, the depth of the section does not extend over the entire drawing, but the cutting depth is explicitly determined by the specified value. The value for the depth determines the distance from the cut surface up to which parts are to be represented.

If the Unfolded checkbox is additionally active, all cut surfaces are unfolded into a common plane. This is useful, for example, if you want to display the inner sides of revolved parts, pipes, etc. In addition, non-unfolded views can be limited laterally, so that the intersecting body does not penetrate the drawing entirely.

You can limit non-unfolded sectional views laterally by activating the Limited checkbox. In this case the view would be a combination of a sectional and a detail view. After closing the dialogue window for sectional views the dialogue window for detail views is displayed automatically. Here you can specify the scale and the hatching parameters.

If you want to change the lateral limitation of a sectional view subsequently, use the Change detail view function. This function displays the automatically created limiting frame as a sketch. You can change this sketch subsequently, i.e. move or rotate it.

Sketch for the section path

The path of sectional views is based on a 3-D sketch. This may be available in the drawing or be newly created when defining the view.

	New sketch	Activate this icon to create a new sketch. HiCAD activates the Sketch tab. Specify the sketch plane and draw the sketch.
	Select sketch	Activate this icon if you want to use a sketch that is available in the drawing. Then identify the relevant sketch.
	Delete after creation	The sketch used is preserved even after the sectional view has been created.
	Delete after creation	The sketch used is deleted after the sectional view has been created.

Representation of sectional views

Option	Effect
Display section path	The section path is identified. Additionally, the annotation or angle description is displayed.
Without annotation	The section path is identified in the active view by means of arrows at the start and end points of the section. The sectional view itself does not contain any identification.
AB-AB	Start and end points of the section path are identified in the active view by means of the same letter combination. A corresponding text is entered into the view. The annotation is used automatically also as the name of the sectional view.
A-Z *	Start and end points as well as the point on the path are identified consecutively by means of letters in the active view. A corresponding text is entered into the sectional view and the direction determined by HiCAD based on the section contour is identified by means of an arrow. The angle description is used automatically also as the name of the sectional view.
A1-A6 *	Start and end points as well as the point on the path are identified in the active view by means of the same letter and a consecutive number. A corresponding text is entered into the sectional view and the direction determined by HiCAD based on the section contour is identified by means of an arrow. The angle description is used automatically also as the name of the sectional view.
Reverse direction	* You can apply or reverse the flow direction. To do this, activate/deactivate the Reverse direction checkbox.
	The preview button enables you to check and, if required, change the selected ID before the sectional view is created.
Caption for sectional view	If you want a caption for the sectional view to be generated, activate the checkbox and then the entries that you want to copy to the caption. If, for example, the sectional view is not derived in the alignment direction, activate the arrow and, if required, the angle. If you want to define an individual caption for the view, click the icon. The View caption window is displayed. The available functions and parameters are the same as in the 3-D Text Editor. Specify the caption as required and exit the window with OK. The caption is automatically centred above the view. If desired, however, you can move the caption.

Hatching

You can also display the section surfaces of a sectional view in hatched format. To obtain a hatched display of the section surfaces, proceed as follows:

Activate the With hatching checkbox. The current hatching setting is displayed.
If desired, click the icon to choose another hatch pattern.
Specify the hatching line spacing and angle.