Creating a Section View/Annotation Plane

From the View Layout section of the action bar , click View From Reference

.

The Tools Palette appears.

Select Section View

from the Tools Palette.

You can also select Section View on the context toolbar that appears when you select the required face.

Important:

Only selection of planar element is compatible/authorized with this command. You must select a planar element to complete the operation.

Select the face as shown.

The View Creation dialog box appears.

In the Ratio Assistant panel, specify the view ratio.

Annotation set ratio: to set the view ratio same as it is specified for annotation set. The value can be in fraction or decimals.
By default, this option is selected.
Current zoom level: to set the ratio according to the current zoom level. The value is in decimals.

Suggested ratio: to set the suggested ratio proposed in the list of predefined values based on the current zoom level.

To customize the list of predefines values, see Ratio Assistant.

Tip: Select the Propagate to annotation set check box to propagate the specified ratio to the annotation set. When this check box is selected, the specified view ratio is persisted when you open the Ratio Assistant panel.

To change the view ratio, select the view in the 3D area and, on the context toolbar, select Change Ratio.

You can also right-click the view in the Views and Captures panel and select xxx object > Change Ratio.

Click OK in the View creation dialog box.

The section view is created. The section view is represented by a green reference axis and is identified as Section View.x in the tree.

Tip:

When you select an empty view/plane annotation, its normal axis is red colored until you create an annotation.