Part CrossSections

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Part CrossSections
Menu location
Part → Cross-sections...
Workbenches
Part
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
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See also
Part Section

Description

The Cross-sections utility creates one or more cross-sections through the selected shape.

Usage

1. Select a shape.
2. Press the Cross-sections button.
3. Define the guiding plane.
4. Define the position (height of the cross-section).
5. Optionally, check Sections to create more than one cross-section:
   • Checking On both sides will distribute the cross-sections on each side of the guiding plane location.
   • Set the count.
6. Press OK.

Limitations

• The resulting object is not parametric, that is it is not linked to the original shape.
• A single object is created, even with more than one cross-section.

Example

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