how do you section?

How do you section an assembly such that you ensure it is cut exactly in the
middle? Sometimes because of hex headed parts screwed into the end, I'm not
picking exactly in the middle of the part. Should I first draw a
centerline?

Tips are appreciated.

 

The easiest way that I know of is to have a plane at that location and tell
it 0" offset from that plane. You can get it to reference that plane by
preselecting it.

So if you want the middle, then it makes sense to follow my oft-spoken
suggestion to always use midplane extrudes, symmetry, etc. unless there is
some specific reason that you want something other than that - make your
default method symmetrical. That way you will have the system planes in the
middle of stuff and may use them later.

WT

 

Thanks Wayne!

 

Another way to do it is to RMB on the section line after placement and
edit the sketch then add relations to the line to secure it exactly
where you want.

Timelord