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The [[Image:Part_Section.svg|16px|text-top=Section|link=Part_Section]] [[Part_Section|Part Section]] command creates wire geometry at the border between two intersecting objects. It adds a '''Section''' object to the document with its corresponding representation in the [[Tree_view|Tree view]].
The [[Image:Part_Section.svg|24px]] '''Part Section''' command creates wire geometry at the intersections of two objects. The result is fully parametric.

* An intersection of two solids/faces results in one or more section lines.
* An intersection of two solids/faces results in one or more section lines.
* An intersection of two lines or a line and a solid/face results in one or more points.
* An intersection of two lines or a line and a solid/face results in one or more points.


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This operation is fully parametric and thus the components can be modified and the result recomputed.
[[Image:PartSection1_it.png]]

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{{Caption|A cube sectioned with a cylinder}}
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In this example, a cube is sectioned with a cylinder:
{|
| [[Image:PartSection1_it.png]]
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* '''Base''': base object, the Box
* '''Tool''': Section tool, the cylinder
|}
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Usually this would result in one closed set of section lines, but coplanar faces give some extra lines.


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Revision as of 08:14, 14 June 2022

Part Section

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

Description

The Part Section command creates wire geometry at the intersections of two objects. The result is fully parametric.

  • An intersection of two solids/faces results in one or more section lines.
  • An intersection of two lines or a line and a solid/face results in one or more points.

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A cube sectioned with a cylinder

Usage

  1. Select two objects.
  2. There are several ways to invoke the Section command:
    • Press the Section button.
    • Select the Part → Section option from the menu.

Properties

See also: Property editor.

A PartDesign Chamfer object is derived from a Part Feature object and inherits all its properties. It also has the following additional properties:

Data

Base

  • DataBase (Link): Link to the first (base) feature.
  • DataTool (Link): Link to the second (tool) feature.

Boolean

  • Data (hidden)History (ShapeHistory): "Shape history".
  • DataRefine (Bool): "Refine shape (clean up redundant edges) after this boolean operation". The default value is determined by the Automatically refine model after sketch-based operation preference. See PartDesign Preferences.

Section

  • DataApproximation (Bool): Approximation. Approximate the output edges.

Links

To create sections with a section plane see Cross-sections.