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But yeah, having the ability to choose what parts are sectioned would be a plus.
Would be helpful to be able to do 1/4 section. Currently as with most CAD systems, the 3D modeling section will do a 3/4 section, but not the 1/4, i.e. only 1/4 of the part is cut out.
I've done this kind of section with an assembly cut (in SolidWorks), but even that's a lot of extra work.
1/4 Section
Every time I work on a part or an assembly, I find myself recreating the same section views again and again.
This seems like a pretty simple and basic feature that I don't understand why it is not there!
I am brand new to Onshape, coming from Creo, and maybe I need to get better at using mate connectors, but Planes are so much easier to create a section view from, so I would add, having the ability to Create and Save Planes in an Assembly would help.
- If you enable section view without any pre-selection, it defaults to the last section view used, which often helps.
- What I like to do if I need different section views regularly is to just open multiple tabs of the same part/assembly and have the different sections in their own tabs. This way you can just switch tab or if you have a big screen have your section views in separate browser window(s)
Unless you work only with "organic" shapes, I find there is "usually" something easy to pick for a section view in an assembly and don't miss the planes (remember you can pick any cylindrical/conical face for a section)... In the rare case there isn't, adding a mate connector on the origin is a fairly easy fix.
I was just visiting a guy who is still on a CAD system I used in the past and we discussed a few design details. This reminded me on how an awesome section view actually works.
Well, even though Catia is much worse, now I have been reminded of this, it appears to me there's actually still a long way to go for Onshape section view management to eventually win the Awesome Section View Batch.
Can we please branch this into an enhancement request?
Would be nice being able select the part when clicked on section view area of the part