SolidWorks 2010 Bible

Part V: Creating Drawings

FIGURE 21.10

A Partial Section View requiring only a single sketched line

Sketched line

You can use another technique to create a section that looks like a partial section, but is not con-

sidered a partial section by SolidWorks. You can create it by drawing perpendicular lines, and

selecting the line to be used as the projection direction for the section before clicking the Section

View tool. This differs from a true partial section in that it shows half of the model unsectioned. It

is also similar to the Aligned Section View, but it does not unfold the second sectioned side. When

the prompt shown in Figure 21.10 displays, clicking Yes causes the resulting view to look like the

view on the left in Figure 21.10. Clicking No causes the view shown in Figure 21.11 to appear.

Creating the view shown in Figure 21.10 requires only a single sketched line, while Figure 21.11

requires perpendicular sketched lines.

FIGURE 21.11

A Section View requiring perpendicular sketched lines

Sketched lines

Selected line

Aligned Section View

The Aligned Section View takes two separate sections at right angles to one another and lays them

out flat on the page. It is essentially two partial sections that display side by side. The section lines

look identical to those shown in Figure 21.11, but the resulting view is different, as shown in

Figure 21.12. The finished view aligns with the selected sketch element.