Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc. 352 AutoCAD and Its Applications—Advanced Exercise 14-1 www.g-wlearning.com/CAD/ Complete the exercise on the companion website. Section Views Section Views A section view shows the internal features of an object along a section line (cutting plane). A section view is projected from an existing view, such as an orthographic top view. The existing view serves as a parent view. To create a section view, you pick points on the parent view to defi ne the section line (cutting-plane line). You can also select an object, such as a line or polyline, to defi ne the section line. Section views are created using the VIEWSECTION command. This command can be used to create full, half, offset, or aligned sections from an AutoCAD 3D model or an Autodesk Inventor model. Section views created with the VIEWSECTION command are created in the same paper space layout as other drawing views. Section views are associative. A section view is linked to the parent view that creates the section view. As with other types of drawing views, section views are updated automatically when model changes are made if the VIEWUPDATEAUTO system variable is set to 1. By default, a section identifi er is placed with the section line and a section view label is placed with the section view when you create the view. See Figure 14-9. The A 3D Model B Top View and Full Section View Section line (cutting-plane line) Pick start point Pick end point Top view Section view Section identifier Section view label Figure 14-9. A section view created with the VIEWSECTION command. Shown is a full section created from the top view of the model. A—The model drawing. B—After creating the top view as a base view, a section view is created by drawing the section line through the center of the object. Note the placement of the section identifier and section view label.