Convert View to Section

Module(s): Shell

You can use the Convert View to Section tool to convert a view to a section. For this, you need at least two views seen from two different directions. You define the clipping area by entering section polygons in these views.

To convert a view to a section

• Check that there are at least two views and that each one is viewed from a different direction.

1. Click Convert View to Section (How).
   

   Activate Convert View to Section in one of the following ways

   • Menu bar: Create Engineering Views, Details Shell

   • Palette: Tools Create area in the following module(s):

   Shell

2. Click the view to be converted to a section.
3. You can control how the clipping path and section are displayed by clicking Show Clipping Path on the Context toolbar and setting the display parameters in the Section dialog box.
4. Enter a clipping area to define the boundary for the first section line. To do this, click as many points as you want or define the polygon using a selection rectangle.
   Enter a section identifier if you have not already done so in the Section dialog box.
5. In a different section or view, enter another section area to define the second section polygon. To do this, click as many points as you want or define the polygon using a selection rectangle.
   Enter a section identifier if you have not already done so in the Section dialog box and if you have defined the first section polygon in the view to be converted.
6. If necessary, enter an identifier for the section created or confirm the text propopsed by the system and place the label.