Create New Cut-Out (3-D)

Views > Edit > Create new cut-out

This function will always be applied to the active view. Please select the desired view before you call the function.

To create a new cut-out, proceed as follows:

  1. Specify the Sketch for cut-out path. Please note that this sketch must be closed.
  2. If you want to apply an existing sketch, click , and identify the sketch in the drawing.
  3. If you want a new sketch to be created, click , and use the sketch functions to draw the sketch.
  1. If you want the sketch to be deleted after you have created the cut-out, activate the Delete after creation checkbox.
  2. Define the depth of the cut-out by specifying a point for the cut-out floor. To do this, click , and specify the point you want.
  3. Use the Preview button to check the cut-out.
  4. You can change the direction of the cut-out by activating/deactivating the Reverse direction checkbox.
  5. If you want the section surfaces to be hatched, activate the With hatching checkbox and then choose the hatching data.
  6. Click Createif you want the cut-out to be generated with the current settings.
     

(1) active view, (2) sketch, (3) cut-out floor, (4) cut-out

 

If the sketch lies in the screen plane, the cut-out is directed from the specified point to the viewer; if not, it is directed from the point to the sketch plane. If the point lies in the sketch plane, the cut-out is created in Z-direction of the sketch.

 

Please also read the notes on the purposes and representation of sketches. Sketches with the purpose Part will be cut in cut-outs, sketches with the purpose Create/Edit will not be cut.

 

Important notes on cut-outs

If you do not want the crossed-out representation in the drawing, you can change this in the Configuration Editor at System settings > Visualisation > Views, where you can deactivate the Cross out old cut outs, sectional views and detail views in graphic checkbox.

View Functions (3-D)Special Views (3-D)Hatching in Sectional View and Cut-Out (3-D)

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Date: 30/10/2018

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