Drawing View Operations

Break

An operation that reduces the size of a model by removing or “breaking” irrelevant portions. Create a break in a view if the component view exceeds the length of the drawing, or contains large areas of nondescript geometry. An example is the center portion of a shaft.

Dimensions that span the break reflect the true length.

Break Out

An operation that removes a defined area of material to expose obscured parts or features in an existing drawing view. The parent view must have an associated sketch that contains the profile defining the break out boundary.

Crop

An operation that provides control over the view boundary in an existing drawing view. The clipping boundary can be a rectangle or circle you create during the command, or a closed profile you select from a sketch.

Slice

An operation that produces a zero-depth section from an existing drawing view. You perform the Slice operation in a selected target view. The slice lines are defined in a sketch associated to a different view.

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