To Create an Offset Cross Section
1. Open a part or an assembly.
2. In Part mode, perform one of the following steps:
◦ On the
View tab, click
Offset.
◦ On the Home tab,
1. Click the arrow next to Sections group.
2. Click
Offset.
In Assembly mode, on the
Home tab, click
Offset.
3. Select an existing sketch. A cross section is automatically created and an Options Toolbar opens. Expand the Options Toolbar to open a Floating Dashboard.
Alternatively, you can create a sketch using Sketch commands on the Home tab.
If the newly created sketch can be used as a reference for the current section, it is automatically selected and a section is created.
|  The collector on the Sketch panel on the Floating Dashboard displays the name of the sketch used to create the cross section. |
4. You can extend the cross section to one side of the sketch or both sides of the sketch using
One Side on the Floating Dashboard. The cross section is extended normal to the sketch reference.
| Clipping is available in one side offset cross section. |
After you click
One Side, click
to change sides of the offset cross section.
5. In the
Direction panel, click
to change the clipping direction.
6. Middle-click to complete the operation. The section is added to the Model Tree.