A broken-out section is part of an existing drawing view, not a separate view. A closed profile, usually a spline, defines the broken-out section. Material is removed to a specified depth to expose inner details. Specify the depth by setting a number or by selecting geometry in a drawing view.
You cannot create a broken-out section on a detail, section, or alternate position view. If you create a broken-out section on an exploded view, the view is no longer exploded.
To create a broken-out section:
Click Broken-out Section
on the Drawing toolbar, or click Insert,
Drawing View, Broken-out
Section.
The pointer changes to
.
If you want a profile other
than a spline, create and select a closed profile before
clicking the Broken-out Section
tool.
Sketch a profile.
Set options in the Section View dialog box. If you do not want to exclude components or fasteners from the broken-out section view, click OK.
Set options in the Broken-out Section PropertyManager.
Use 3D
drawing view mode to select an obscured edge for the depth of a broken-out
section view.
Click OK
.
To delete or edit a broken-out section:
Right-click the broken-out section in the FeatureManager design tree and select one of the following.
Delete.
Edit Definition.
Set options in the Broken-out Section
PropertyManager, then
click OK
.
Edit Sketch. Select the sketch entity and edit it, then close the sketch.