Part CrossSections

Part CrossSections
Menu location
Part → Cross-sections...
Workbenches
Part
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
-
See also
Part Section

Description

The Part CrossSections command creates one or more cross-sections through the selected shape, parallel to one of the default global planes (XY, XZ or YZ).

Usage

1. Select a shape.
2. There are several ways to invoke the command:
   • Press the Cross-sections... button.
   • Select the Part → Cross-sections... option from the menu.
3. The Cross sections task panel opens.
   • Define the guiding plane.
   • Define the position (height of the cross-section).
   • Optionally, check Sections to create more than one cross-section:
     • Checking On both sides will distribute the cross-sections on each side of the guiding plane location.
     • Set the count.
4. Press OK to close the task panel.
5. A Cross-section object will be created, it inherits the name of the selected shape and adds the suffix _cs.

Notes

• App Link objects linked to the appropriate object types and App Part containers with the appropriate visible objects inside can also be used as source objects. introduced in 0.20
• The resulting object is not parametric, that is it is not linked to the original shape.
• A single object is created, even with more than one cross-section.

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