Broken views

You can create broken views in the Draft environment using the Broken View command and the Broken-Out command.

• You can use the Broken-Out command to create a broken-out section view. This exposes interior features of a part so you can document them.

  

• You can use the Broken View command to define regions you want to completely remove in a part view. This allows you to create a broken view of a long, slender part so you can display it at a larger scale.

  

  You can use the same break lines to break a principal, section, or auxiliary view that is folded from (perpendicular to) the source view. Use the following shortcut commands:

  • Inherit Break Lines command

  • Remove Break Line Inheritance command

  Note:

  If you break a view with a user-defined axis, new views that you fold from the broken view do not inherit the break line.

  Note:

  If you apply break lines to a drawing view before you create a folded view, then the break lines are inherited by the folded view automatically.

After you create a broken view, the profile or the break lines used to define it are hidden. You can modify the broken view using the original profile or break lines, but first you have to expose them for selection.

• To expose the profile used to create a broken-out section view, use the Show Broken-Out Section View Profiles option on the General tab in the Drawing View Properties dialog box.

• To expose the break lines used to create a broken view, deselect the Show Broken View option on the Drawing View Selection command bar.

You also can define a clipping plane to remove additional geometry from a broken-out section view using the Set Drawing View Depth command.