Our student assignment was to draw a cylindrical bearing holder with concentric steps in it. The orignal 3D paper sketch showed an isometric view with a 90° section cut out to illustrate the dimensions.
I asked the instructor how to show a section view like this in SolidWorks. I was told it was not possible, and could find no commands to do it. I find this hard to believe. Any way to do it?
Method 1 ... Create a configuration of the model, and make a cut representing the section, then call that config into the drawing.
Method 2 ... Create a section view as per normal in the drawing, then right-click the new section view and select Isometric Section View
Check the SW Help files for section views in drawings for more information.
Check these two posts for Isometric section view
http://gupta9665.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/how-to-create-iso-section-view-1/
http://gupta9665.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/how-to-create-iso-section-view-2/
Good tip!
Hopefully in future versions they will let users adjust the boundaries/edges of the section planes.
Check these two posts for Isometric section view
http://gupta9665.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/how-to-create-iso-section-view-1/
http://gupta9665.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/how-to-create-iso-section-view-2/