Hi there,
I made a section view in a Solidworks assembly that shows only the front portion of a design, so that everything behind it doesn't show and confuse the viewer (since the front object has holes). When I tried to move it over to a drawing, the sectioned portion would be deleted, and go back to showing what used to be behind the object. Is there any way to have views in a Solidwork drawing where I can basically hide anything behind a certain plane?
For example.
Object 1 Object 2
{} [====]
From the left hand view, I should only see {} from that side, not anything from object 2. This is easy in a section view in an assembly, since I can just make a section view to cut in between the two objects, and then set my orientation to left hand side to see that side of object 1 without anything from object 2 showing from behind. I can't seem to move that over to a drawing after i've saved the section view, nor can I replicate something similar in a drawing. Section views in drawings don't do what I want either from my current knowledge, since it would give me the view from in between object 1 and 2 if I cut in between.
Is there anything I can do to only display the front most objects in a view and hide anything behind it? Let me know if I need to include more information to make this question more clear.
Cheers!
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EDIT
To clarify what I am asking, see the example I have created below. This is the isometric display for the 2 "levels" of objects in my design. I want to be able to create a front view in my drawing where I only see the objects in level A, so basically nothing from panel B will be showing and confuse viewers.
In the assembly this is easy, I just make a section view and set the plane to somewhere between the two levels.
Click "OK", change my orientation to front, and voila, all I see is a front side view of level A.
How can I do this in drawings?
Cheers,
NOTE: Also note that I would like to do the same for the left hand view. Same idea applies, only I would like a left hand view with only the front most item showing.
Greg offered the best piece of advice for doing what I asked, using the section tool and then providing the depth. However, I could not find a way to get rid of the section line that showed where it cut. I used another way that provides a bit more customization, although it is not as nice of a solution.
I just ended up making a bunch of different configurations for each cut that I wanted, and made an extruded cut to hide the components that I didn't want to see. This was beneficial since I could cut shapes that were not restricted to just planes. I then just use the center, LH, RH, and top views of that configuration in my drawing to show the viewpoint that I wanted, displaying only the items that I wanted.