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# Select '''two''' objects. (This activates the related button and menu option)
# Select the base object
# Select the Section tool
# There are several ways to invoke the Section command:
# Click on {{KEY|Part}} → {{KEY|[[Image:Part_Section.svg|24px]] Section}} from the top menu.
#* Press the {{Button|[[Image:Part_Section.svg|16px|link=]] Section}} button.
#* Select the {{MenuCommand|Part → [[Image:Part_Section.svg|16px|link=]] Section}} option from the menu.


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Revision as of 14:33, 1 June 2022

Part Section

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

Description

The text-top=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.

  • 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.

This operation is fully parametric and thus the components can be modified and the result recomputed.


In this example, a cube is sectioned with a cylinder:

  • Base: base object, the Box
  • Tool: Section tool, the cylinder

Usually this would result in one closed set of section lines, but coplanar faces give some extra lines.

Usage

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

Links

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