Viewing Sections in the Secondary Viewer

You can view sections of a product in 2D by using the secondary viewer.

On the Section context toolbar, click Activate/Deactivate secondary viewer .

The Secondary viewer of Section.x window appears.

Important: You can hover over the section to view the name of the sectioned part. The Fit All in command does not work in the secondary viewer. You can either rotate or flip a section, by right-clicking in the Secondary Viewer of Section.x window and selecting either Rotate Right, Rotate Left, Flip Vertical or Flip Horizontal. You can right-click in the Secondary Viewer of Section.x window and select Fixed Target, to associate the view point with the section plane. When the section plane is moved during the simulation, the associated view point also moves and maintains its position with the section plane. Note: The Fixed Target option becomes available only in the simulation environment.

You can fill sections with colors in the secondary viewer.

In the Secondary Viewer of Section.x window, click Fill In Color .

The section appears filled with colors.

By default, this option is deactivated and the contour of the section is displayed.

You can use the Lock 2D Viewpoint option to obtain a view that is normal to the section.

In the Secondary Viewer of Section.x window, click Lock 2D viewpoint .

The 2D view that is normal to the section appears. When you select this option, you cannot rotate the object.

By default, this option is deactivated.

You can switch from the Secondary Viewer of Section.x window to MDI window.

Click Switch to MDI Viewer .

The Secondary Viewer of Section.x window changes to the MDI window.

Important: You can tile the windows vertically or horizontally to view both the main window and the MDI window.

You can switch from the Secondary Viewer of Section.x window to the MDI window and print the section.