How to Slice a part into several Sections?

[GisMo]

Is there an easy way to slice a part into sections and create drawings for each section? The manufacturing of the part requires making several cross sections and then assembling the sections and finishing the steps for the smooth reproduction.

I have thought about doing something in the drawing and making section views but that would be a PITA and not really productive, rather counter-productive.

Thanks
GisMo

[JerryFlyGuy]

Would just doing a section view at each needed location be enough? You can put dimensions into the sketch while making the section view sketch. Then you can usually dimension the section view. Some 'laminar' edges might not want to take a dim but for the most part it will work. It will depend greatly on the shape and type of model [lofted vs extruded etc].

The other way to do it.. is to do section cut's as a 'configuration' then you'd make a drawing for each configuration. This second way works great, but is a bit more work.

If you want I can post samples.

Jerry

[scubanick]

use the split feature from the mold tools
draw sketches where you want to split the detail
and use the split feature
it will ask which bodies to keep
click all bodies and you will have seperate details
but you will have to manually dimenions them when you put them into
a drawing if you cant get it upload your file ill try to help ya out

[JerryFlyGuy]

Originally Posted by scubanick use the split feature from the mold tools draw sketches where you want to split the detail and use the split feature

Split lines will work, however.. How do you then get the section view from a split line? Just project it on a plane as a sketch?

Jerry

[GisMo]

Thanks all for the help.

I combined your ideas and what I did was make planes at each level where I wanted a section. I made several configurations and in each config, I used the Split feature in Mold and picked two planes to make a section and removed the bodies above and below the respective planes. Simple and straight forward. I was able to make a drawing from each configuation. Not the fastest approach but It worked well.

I guess I was looking for some sort of auto split feature.

[scubanick]

well as long as you got what you wanted