Section

This command allows you to create a section between different profiles. This section can be used in the Extrusion command to extrude the profiles included in the section without taking into account other possible sketch profiles.

Creation stages / Use:

Click the icon or select the 2D sketch > Section... command from the drop-down menu. In a Draft or a Drawing document, select the Sketch > Section... command from the drop-down menu.

Select the different profiles.
Select the hatch type.
Select the spacing of the hatches, as well as the orientation and the offset according to X and Y.

The hatch type has no effect on using the sketch.

Available options:

Style :

By activating this option, you can select an haching style that has been previously defined in order to apply it on this section.

The bouton allows to create a new style on the fly.

Offset:

This option allows to apply an offset in X and/or Y in order to adjust the hatching position.

Standard hatching:

When the Custom hatching option is not active,you can select an hatching type from those available in the drop down list.

With this pattern options below are available:

Spacing: allows to modify spacing between each line of the pattern.

Orientation: allows to apply a rotation to the pattern. The rotation axis is the Z axis of the frame view or of the sketch in which the section has been created.

Custom hatching:

Using this option, you can select the custom hatching pattern.

With this pattern options below are available:

Document: select the custom hatching template to use.
Fiber type: the custom hatching template allows to define several pattern for one hatching. Select here the type to use.
Scale type: allows to define the scale type to use.

Automatic: sizing uses the Scaling type define in the custom hatching template.
Absolute: enter the scale factor to apply to the hatching pattern.

Modifications / Additional information:

You can change the sketch or section using the corresponding popup command.