Part V: Creating Drawings
FIGURE 21.13A sketch loop and a Crop View
To edit a Crop View, right-click the view, expand the arrow next to Crop View, and select either
Edit Crop or Remove Crop. Removing the crop does not delete the sketch that the crop was cre-
ated from.Broken-out Section View
The Broken-out Section View is another view type that alters an existing view rather than creating
a new view. It also requires a closed loop sketch. The Broken-out Section View is very useful in
assembly views where parts are obscured by other parts, in particular when a set of parts is inside a
housing and you want to show the inside parts without hiding the housing. Of course, you can
also use Broken-out Section Views on parts with internal detail.
Broken-out Section Views act like a cut that is created from the drawing view. Any faces created by
the cut are hatched. Figure 21.14 shows a simple assembly view using a Broken-out Section View.
On the left is the view with the driving sketch (in this case, a closed loop spline), and on the right
is the finished view. You cannot create Broken-out Section Views using existing Detail, Section, or
Alternate Position Views.Broken-out Section Views require you to specify a depth for the break. You can use an edge
selected from a different view or a distance to specify the depth. In the case of the broken-out sec-
tion, the depth is into the screen, while with the regular section the section depth is measured as a
distance perpendicular to the section line.Drawing the closed loop
Broken-out Section Views are initiated from an existing view either with or without a pre-drawn
closed loop. If the loop is pre-drawn, then you must select it before clicking the Broken-out
Section toolbar button on the Drawings toolbar or accessing the command by choosing Insert ➪
Drawing View ➪ Broken-out Section.