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of the cutting line. The cutting line can consist of a single straight segment
or multiple segments.
When you have defined the view projection line, the Section View dialog box
is displayed.
NOTE You can use the CTRL key to prevent constraining the view projection line.
In this exercise, you create section, detail, and auxiliary views.
TRY IT: Create a section view
1 With the project tutorial_files active, open the file sectionview.idw. The
drawing contains orthographic views and an isometric view.
2 Click the Zoom Window tool on the Standard toolbar, and then create
a window around the top view.
3 Click the Section View tool in the Drawing Views panel.
4 Click inside the top view.
Place the cursor over the midpoint of the left edge of the part (A'). Move
the cursor to extend the projection line away from the part (A), and then
click to place the start point of the section line.
5 Drag horizontally past the center of the part (B), and then click to define
the first segment of the section line.
6 Drag the cursor to create an inferred constraint along the slot center (C').
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