ANSYS Discovery SpaceClaim

Broken views

Broken views are a way of foreshortening long views without changing the scale.

When you break a view, a new view is created and both the original and the new view are converted to partial views. An alignment is set up to match the cut orientation.

To create a Broken view with a straight line break

1. Check the Linestyle options in the General section of Detailing options.

   • Under Type of object, select Broken view clipping edges

   • Set the style, thickness, color, and extent as appropriate

2. Click the Broken tool  in the DetailAspects of a design incorporated to communicate with others or submit the design for review. Use the tools on the Detailing tab to annotate designs, create drawing sheets, and review design changes. You can customize detailing settings to conform to standards or create your own custom style. tab Views group.

3. Set the following options (remembered for the entire session):

   • Cut Direction: Horizontal, Vertical, or Aligned to Geometry.

   • Break LineA straight line, arc, or spline drawn in Sketch mode or on a layout plane. Lines have length but no area. When you pull a sketch into 3D with the PullTool used to distort or deform geometry. Use the Pull tool to offset, extrude, revolve, sweep, draft, and blend faces; or to round, chamfer, or extrude edges. When converting a sketch to 3D, pulling a line creates a surface and pulling a surface creates a solid. tool, lines become edges.: Set this to Straight Cut (Freehand SplineA continuously curved line, without sharp boundaries (that is, without vertices). Create a spline by defining a set of points using the Spline tool. A spline becomes an edge when you pull it with the Pull tool. Cut is the other option)

   • Default Gap: Sets the initial gap between broken view pieces.

4. Pick a location for the first cut line. A blue line pre-highlights the cut location. If CutDirection is Aligned toGeometry, the cut orientation will be perpendicular to the selected geometry.

5. Pick a location for the second cut line to create the view break. A blue line pre-highlights the cut location. If CutDirection is Aligned toGeometry, the cut orientation will be parallel to the first cut line.

6. The view is created with the default gap set in the Broken ViewOrientation settings that you can apply to your design, including spin, pan, and zoom. You can adjust these settings individually or you can apply one of the following preconfigured views: Trimetric, Isometric, Top, Bottom, Front, Back, Right, Left. You can also select Snap View and click a face to view it head-on. Options.

7. Press Esc or S to exit the tool.

To create a Broken view with a sketched spline break

1. Click the Broken tool in the Detail tab Views group.

2. Set the following options (remembered for the entire session):

   • Cut Direction: Horizontal, Vertical, or Aligned to Geometry.

   • Break Line: Set this to Freehand Spline Cut (Straight Cut is the other option)

   • Default Gap: Sets the initial gap between broken view pieces.

3. Pick a location for the break. You will be placed into spline sketch mode.

4. Sketch the spline and double-click to finish the spline.

5. The break spline is shown in blue. If you want to sketch a different spline, you need to restart the tool.

6. Pick a location for the second spline.

7. The view is created with the default gap set in the Broken View Options.

8. Press Esc or S to exit the tool. 

Working with broken views

• Both break locations must be picked on the same view (this is automatically enforced by the tool).

• You can create multiple breaks in a view.

• When inserting a new break in a view, the new break lines cannot intersect any existing break lines.

To delete a broken view

1. While in the Select tool, mouse over the break.
2. A handle is displayed.

   

3. Select and delete the handle.
   • The break is removed
   • The view is also removed

To change the angle of an existing cut line

1. Select the break line
2. Change the Angle property
3. Both sides are slanted by the specified amount relative to the original cut.

To move a set of broken views

1. Double-click on any view in the set.
2. All the view pieces are highlighted.

   

3. MoveA tool used to translate or rotate geometry. the views as needed.