More About Broken Views

Broken views are used to shorten elongated objects, using two profiles corresponding to the part to be broken from the view extremities.

The following topics are discussed:

Related Topics
Creating a Broken View
Modifying a Broken View

Miscellaneous

This sub-topic provides miscellaneous information about broken views.


  • You can create new breaks in a broken view, but in the same direction and providing the two breaks do not overlap.
  • You can remove existing breaks by right-clicking the view and selecting View Definition > Unbreak.
  • It is impossible to create breakout views, offset section views, detail views and clipping views from a broken view.
  • It is possible to create detail views in a broken view. For more information on creating details views from broken views, refer to Creating a Detail View/Detail View Profile.

Line Type

This sub-topic provides information about line type in broken views.

You can assign a line type to the view to be generated. To do this, go to Tools > Options > Mechanical > Drafting > View tab, click the Configure button next to View Linetype and select the desired option from the dialog box.

Propagation of Broken Specifications

This sub-topic provides information about the propagation of broken specifications to other views.

Propagation of Specifications: Definition

Propagating a specification means generating a view (B) from another view (A) on which you previously performed an operation, and including this operation in the generated view (B).

For example, you create a broken or breakout view (view A) and select the Propagation of broken and breakout specifications option. You then generate a projection view (view B). As a result, the projected view (view B) appears with the broken/breakout area.

How to Propagate Broken Specifications

Broken specifications can be propagated during the creation of projection or auxiliary views. This section explains how to propagate broken specifications.

Important: Broken specifications are not propagated to detail views.

To propagate the specifications, go to Tools > Options > Mechanical Design > Drafting > Layout tab, and select Propagation of broken and breakout specifications.

Important: You can only perform a propagation from a broken view if the projection direction is perpendicular to the direction of the broken view.