Hi
In Inventor when you wanted to sketch inside a part, you could create a plane and then press F7 and the model would split and hide half the part along the sketch plane. This made it easier to see what and where you were sketching.
When you had finished sketching you pressed F7 again and the hiden half would come back.
Is this function or something similar in SolidWorks, or is it not needed.
Thanks
Mark (SolidWorks 2010)
Just select the plane on which you are creating the sketch and do section view as suggested above.
Also check about live section in the SW help.
Hi,
as suggested by other, you have section view command, but I remember you that this an only graphical representation, you can't feel edges visualized in the section view.
To feel edges, you have to convert with 'Intersection curve' command.
If Inventor feel edges without convert, write here so you can add an ER, because it's very very interesting and useful if present, for me that i design cast iron with lot of inner cavity.
Regards,
Alessandro
Hi Alessandro,
That was really my main point, i had seen that section view was similar to the slice graphic function in Inventor however the edges were not selectable, i hadn't realized you had to convert these edges.
In Inventor i am sure these edges are usable without out the need to convert (or in Inventor Project geometry). Although i havn't used Inventor in over a year and this function was only used sometimes so i might be mistaken.
How do you go about adding an ER so edges are alreay converted when using the section view command.
Thanks
Mark
Hi Kelvin,
Yes i can select an edge to measure, but i cannot in this example sketch onto this front face.
I cannot even convert the edges so i can snap to corner points, am i doin gsomething wrong?
thanks
Mark
We are talking about sketches...
Your example is out of topic.
Hi Alessandro,
Was your last post in reference to me, or the reply Kelvin gave.
I am trying to find a way to slice a part and sketch onto this sliced face.
thanks
Mark
Hi,
in my last post in reference to Kelvin.
See in the upper line.
I'm with you...I would like this functionality.
Hi Alessandro,
Sorry about that didn't notice top line was in reply to Kelvin.
Maybe someone from SolidWorks could do an ER to have edges for a sliced graphic to be automatically projected (auto converted edges).
Don't know how many other would find this usefull.
thanks
Mark
The important is start...write your ER and send my texts and image...so I avoid to write in English...only copy and past.
How do i go about submitting an ER request, what info do i need to include, and where do i send it to.
Mark
On the SolidWorks Customer Portal you can log an Enhancement Request.
https://customerportal.solidworks.com
Cheers,
Anna
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Yes, that would be the section view tool. It is on the toolbar at the top of the modeling space. It looks like this: