Editing in Cross-Section

Select or de-select options based on whether you want to maintain and view relationships while you edit in cross-section.

Select the face you want to use to create the cross-section plane, or select any faces, edges, or vertices that define a plane.

If you are in a drawing sheet with cross-section views, you do not have to choose a face, as the plane of the drawing sheet is automatically used as the section plane.

(Optional) Move or rotate the cross-section grid and click the Section tool when you are finished.

Click and drag the edges and vertices of the cross-section to edit them.

You can also bend edges with the Bend tool, and pull section points (edges) and section lines (faces) with the Pull tool. If you set the Auto-extrude/revolve sketches in Section mode Advanced SpaceClaim option, sketch made with the sketch tools are automatically extruded or revolved to form surfaces and solids when you begin the sketch on the edge of an existing surface or solid. To automatically revolve, the sketch must be attached to a revolved face. If you do not begin the sketch on an existing edge, you are switched to Sketch mode.

We recommend zooming into your design so that it is easier to select the correct entity. For example, if you are trying to select an edge, but your design appears very small in the Design window, it is possible to accidentally select a midpoint or end point of the edge instead. Moving the midpoint or end point of an edge will not be reflected by a mirrored entity.