To Display a 3D Cross Section View
You can streamline the display of cross sections within drawings by using 3-dimensional cross sections created in the model. By default, 3D cross sections, or zones, created in the model are available for display in the drawing views. You can display and control the cross-hatching of these 3D cross sections within drawings.
1. Open a drawing.
2. Click > 
General.
General.3. Click a location to place the general view. The general view is displayed and the Drawing View dialog box opens.
4. Click Sections. Under Section options, the 3D cross section defined in the model, is displayed in the 3D cross-section list. If more than one 3D cross section is present in the model, they are available for selection in the 3D cross-section list.
5. Select the required cross section and click Apply. The drawing view displays the selected cross section.
6. To display crosshatching in the view, click the Show X-Hatching check box.
 | The Show X-Hatching check box is selected by default. This check box does not appear as selected if you have set the value of the default_show_3d_section_xhatch Detail option to no. |
7. To continue defining other attributes of the drawing view, click Apply and select the appropriate category. If you have completed defining the view, click OK.
| | To add another 3D cross section to the drawing, you must complete the current view and insert a new general, projected, or detailed view. |
Displaying 3D Cross Sections in Child Views
The following rules apply to child views with 3D cross sections:
• Detail views always display the same zone as their parent views. Auxiliary and projection views, are zone-dependent if you create them from parent views that display a 3D cross section, or if you click Same as Parent in the Drawing View dialog box while modifying the auxiliary and projection views. If you change the 3D cross section of the parent view, the change is reflected in the zone-dependent views. However, this change is not reflected in a Copy and Align view.
• For auxiliary and projection views whose parent view has the 3D cross section defined, the Same as Parent value is displayed in the 3D cross section list in the Drawing View dialog box.
• You cannot change the 3D cross section of a detailed view.
• If you change the 3D cross section of a child view from Same as Parent to another 3D cross section, the associativity between the parent and child views is lost. To reestablish the associativity, select the child view and open the Drawing View dialog box. In the 3D cross-section list, select Same as Parent and click Apply. The associativity is reestablished.
• You can change the 3D cross section of a child view by associating it with a different parent view.
• If you change the Section options of a 3D cross section parent view that has child views associated with it, to No section, 2D cross-section, or Single part surface, a dialog box opens that warns you about the dependency of child views and asks you to confirm whether you want to retain the associativity or break it.