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Follow the general steps below to place a cutting plane on a drawing view.

  1. In a 3D application, edit a drawing document. The drawing opens in SmartSketch Drawing Editor.

  2. In the drawing document, select a drawing view.

  3. In the toolbar area, click Place Cutting Plane . The Place Cutting Plane Ribbon displays in the toolbar area.

  4. On the Place Cutting Plane ribbon, type the names for the reference text string you want shown on the cutting plane.

  5. Click the first point in the line string, then proceed selecting as many points as you need to define the cutting plane geometry.

    Jogged cutting planes are not supported in Ruleset drawings.

  6. Right-click when you have finished defining the cutting plane line segments and are ready to define the depth of the cutting plane.

  7. To change the view direction, move the cursor to the appropriate side of the cutting plane. The direction automatically changes according to which side of the cutting plane segment the cursor is on.

  8. Click to define the section depth and view direction. You can also key in a value in the Depth field and click to define the view direction. The value displayed in the Depth field is defined in model space, not paper space. The drawing view automatically attaches to your cursor.

    • Selecting the Update section check box will cause an update of the related section view when the view is placed. This option is not checked by default, but the last setting is saved as a session file preference.

    • The section view inherits the scale from the parent view by default.

    SHARED Tip You can change the View Style or View Scale before placing the view.

  9. Click to place the view on the sheet.

Edit a Cutting Plane

  • To edit an existing cutting plane, select the cutting plane. The Edit Cutting Plane Ribbon displays so you can edit the settings on the cutting plane.

Edit a Section View

  • To edit an existing section view, select the section view. The Edit Section View Ribbon displays so you can edit the settings on the section view.

Delete a Cutting Plane or Section View

  • To delete a cutting plane, select it and press the DELETE key. If the cutting plane has an associated section view, a confirmation box appears allowing you to either convert the section view to a normal drawing view or delete the section view with the cutting plane.

  • To delete a section view, select it and press the DELETE key. The associated cutting plane line remains, but only as a paper space graphic.