Broken-out section

Does anyone use this for SW2005? I have tried everything that I can think
of to make it work and all I get is nothing! I can follow the help, I can
sketch a spline, I can click preview, I set a depth, it creates the view in
the tree, but I still can't see what's inside the piece of tubing that is
the reason for it to be. It's like it thinks all is well, except that it
forgot to actually do it. SW with Alzheimer's?

WT

 

Wayne Tiffany wrote:

SW with Alzheimer's?

Wayne -

I assume when you click preview, you can see the "Cutting plane" (in my
setup, it's yellow) in a corresponding associated view that gives you an
idea where the cut will occur?

And Dale, I was able to copy and paste a broken out section view onto
the same and different sheets, no problemo, with 2006sp0....

 

Ok, so it does work - how about a simple lesson? This is silly - I'm
usually the one on the other end.......

WT

 

Ah, a clue - you have to pick the depth entity in another view???? I
figured I could just put a value in the depth box and it would cut in that
far??? I also maybe now see that it won't work on an iso view????

WT

 

Wayne-

Use them all the time, but can't in an iso... The biggest tip I can give
you for normal views is that the depth you set is from the most extreme
boundary of the part or assembly. As was mentioned, if your trying to
breakout in a front view, set to preview and watch the yellow plane in the
side or top view to see where the cut is. But like I said, if your trying
to cut 1/2 way in on a part with 2 diameters, and one is 1" the other is
1.5", and you want the broken view to go to the middle, even though your
spline is over the 1" diameter part your depth would have to be .75"....

Once you do it once, you get used to it...The way I do Iso's though is to
create a derived configuration in the model, then create a revolved cut (or
such) and have the feature resolved only in that config. Then in the
drawing, set the properties of the ISO to use the derived config....

Scott

 

That's how I do it, I type a value in the box. Or you can select an
edge. But you can look in another view to see where that plane is
cutting, if "Preview" is checked.

I tried a broken out section in an ISO view. It worked, but I got some
real whacko result. Not much value. I think if you want a broken out
section in an isometric view, you'll probably have to build it into your
model and show it as a configuration.

Steve R

 

Ok, I kind of got it to work. It's not quite as intuitive as one might hope
for, but I can live with it. Thanks.

WT

 

My broken out sections are usually centered on a cylindrical feature, so
I simply turn on temporary axes and select the axis for the depth.


Jim S.