Modifying Cut Elements in a Section View

This task will show you how to modify cut elements in a section view generated from a CATProduct.

Before You Begin, make sure you customized the following settings:

Grid:
De-activate the Grid icon from the Tools toolbar (bottom right).

View names and scaling factors:
Go to Tools->Options (Mechanical Design -> Drafting optionat the left of the dialog box, Layout tab) and check the View name and Scaling factor options.

Open the Product_Balloon2.CATDrawing document.

1. Right-click the section view A-A.

2. In the contextual menu -> Section view A-A object, select Overload properties. Select the cut element you want to edit. The following dialog box appears:

3. Select the element you want to edit in the dialog box and click the Edit button.

You can modify the following parameters:

	choose if the element will be cut in the section view or not,
	if it will be use in the view when projecting,
	if it will be shown or not
	If hidden lines will be represented,
	you can also modify graphic properties such as element color, line type and line thickness.

4. Uncheck Cut in section views.

5. Click OK.

The selected element is not cut anymore.

In the Characteristics dialog box, the Reset button allows you to recover the values you had before changing information in the editor dialog box.