ANSYS Discovery SpaceClaim

Offset cross section views

OffsetDistance an edge, segment, or curve is moved or copied. sections allow you to show interior details that lie on different section planes in one view.

In some cases, you may want to only show the geometry that lies in the section plane. This is called an Area section. In other cases, you may want to see the geometry behind the plane as well. This is called a Total section. Both types are illustrated in the image below.

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. section of Discovery SpaceClaim Options also has settings for Cross Sections. Refer to the 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 and 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. Style Options.

Offset cross section views can be created in the following ways:

• As a new view projected from an existing view.
• By converting an existing view to a cross section.

Once a cross section view is created, you can reverse the viewing direction.

1. Right-click on a section line or arrow.
2. Select Flip Viewing Direction. 

To create an offset section from an existing cross section

1. Create a cross section view.
2. Select the Create Offset SectionDesign2D or 3D model that contains at least one top-level component. mode in which you edit solids by working with their edges and vertices in cross-section. View is cut away to show interior detail. tool guide.
3. Click the section line at a point where you want to create an offset.
4. Drag the side of the section line you want to have pass through a different detail.
5. Continue until you establish all necessary offsets.

When you select and drag individual section line segments, the segment you are dragging will snap to and merge with other sections.

 Alternate workflow

1. Create a cross section view.
2. Right-click on the section line.
3. Select SplitUsing the Combine tool to split solids or surfaces. You select a solid or surface to use as a Cutting tool to cut the target. See Cutter object. Section.
4. Discovery SpaceClaim creates a default offset.
5. Drag individual section line segments to the desired locations.

   When you select and drag individual section line segments, the segment you are dragging will snap to and merge with other sections.

   You can only divide segments that are perpendicular to the principal direction.

6. Continue until you establish all necessary offsets.

To create an offset section as a new cross section view

1. Sketch a chain of lines in a drawing sheet view.
2. Select a line segment.
3. Enter the Cross Section tool.
4. MoveA tool used to translate or rotate geometry. your mouse to place the planar cross section view.

The new view will be projected perpendicular to the selected line segment, which can be slanted.

Discovery SpaceClaim will find the other connected segments to create the view.

If the tool cannot find an unambiguous chain of lines, a planar section will be created.

To publish a cross-section view to 3D

1. Right-click the cross-section view on the drawing sheet or in the Structure treeDisplay in the Structure panel that shows you each of the objects in your design. You can expand or collapse the nodes of the tree to view the objects. You can rename objects, create, modify, replace, and delete objects, as well as work with components..

2. Select Publish to 3D from the context menu.

   A published section appears as a root node in the Structure tree.

   You can right-click the published cross-section in a Design windowArea in the user interface that displays your model or assembly. Also known as Workspace. and select ClipHide all geometry in a design above or below the grid or selected plane. with PlaneConstruction geometry consisting of a flat surface. Planes can be used for a 2D sketch, section view of a model, a neutral plane in a draft feature.. You can also use the Move tool to move a published cross-section.