Cutting away part of section view to see what is behind it in the same view

[ngraham95]

I am trying to cut the corner away from a section view to see a screw that is underneath it, in the same view. I do not want to create a separate view. I don't care what is on top of the corner, I want to see the screw that is underneath it, while still seeing the top of the rest of the board I am dealing with. Please help.

[MartinHanak · Accepted solution]

Hi,

create Local section instead of Full.

[ngraham95]

Thank you so much. Could not for the life of me figure out what to call it so could not find anything on google. Is there a way to create this local section with straight lines, say a rectangle, instead of using a spline?

[MartinHanak]

Hi,

as far as I know spline as a border is the only one option.

[DaveMartin]

I'm not sure if this will work, but you might want to see if you can create an Offset Section in the assembly model and then use it as a 3D section in the drawing view.

I made a video on Cross Sections and it does cover the Offset Section option about 2/3 of the way through:

https://youtu.be/YCftxu8Ewo8