Creating a Clipping View/Clipping View Profile

This task shows you how to create from the 3D a clipping view using a circle as callout, or a clipping view profile using a sketched profile as callout. The procedure varies slightly depending on the method you choose.

Before you begin:

  • Open a generative drawing representation containing a section view.

  • Make sure that Put in no show dimension on non-visible geometry is selected in Tools > Options > Mechanical > Drafting > View to specify that the dimensions which are attached to non-visible geometry in clipping views should be put in no show mode automatically.

Related Topics
About Clippings
Modifying a Clipping

  1. Activate the Section view, then click Clipping View Profile in the Views toolbar (Clippings sub-toolbar), to create a clipping view using a sketched profile as callout.

    To create a clipping view using a circle as a callout, click Clipping View .

  2. Select the required points for sketching a polygon. If you are creating a clipping view using a circle, select the center of the circle.



  3. Close the polygon, or double-click to end its creation. If you are creating a clipping view using a circle, drag the mouse to define the clipping profile, then click. The view and the associated profile result as shown here:



    Note: The existence of dimensions that are associated to a geometrical element which is not visible in the clipping view: these dimensions are placed in the no-show space. (When applicable, this is also the case of annotations that are associated to such a dimension, and of annotations that are no longer linked to the clipping view.) For more information, refer to View in the Customizing chapter.

  4. Click Swap visible space in the View toolbar.

    You can now visualize the dimensions (and annotations, when applicable) that no longer appear on the clipping view.

    Important: Dimensions are displayed in clipping views using the colors defined in Tools > Options > Mechanical > Drafting > Dimension tab, Activate elements' analysis area. For more information, refer to Display.

  5. If needed, you can show these dimensions again on the clipping view. To do so, click Hide/Show in the View toolbar.

    Important: You can also select View Definition > Unclip from the contextual menu. However, selecting this option will not show the dimensions on the unclipped view.

  6. Select the dimension you want to show on the clipping view.

  7. Click Swap visible space again.

    The selected dimension now appears on the clipping view again.