SolidWorks 2010 Bible

Part I: SolidWorks Basics

FIGURE 4.3

Using Instant 3D and Live Section

Instant 3D also offers a tool called Live Section. Live Section enables you to section a part with a

plane, and you can drag the edges of the section regardless to which features the edges belong. To

activate Live Section, right-click a plane that intersects the part and select Live Section Plane.

Instant 3D can also be an effective tool when used in conjunction with the direct editing type of

tools such as Move Face. In fact, Instant 3D mimics some of the direct edit type of functionality

found in applications such as Sketchup and Spaceclaim.

Chapter 30 discusses the direct edit theme in more detail, and revisits the Instant 3D manipulators

in that light.