Changing Section Graphic Properties

To make it easier to read your result, you can:
 

  • Specify different properties (color, linetype and thickness) for section line segments.

    • By default line segments are the same color as the products sectioned.
    • The color of the section result depends on the granularity of the geometrical entity sectioned.
      For instance:
      A pad is a geometrical entity made of 6 faces.
      If one face is red-colored and the remaining 5 faces are blue-colored, then the color of the section result will be blue or red. The granularity taken into account is the geometrical entity (a pad in our example).

  • Change the plane color of the current feature.

You can change...

Via Properties command - Graphic tab

Via Graphic Properties toolbar3

Visible In...
Line segment:
    
3D document window
Section viewer

Color

Yes1 (Lines and Curves)

No

Yes

No

Linetype

Yes1 (Lines and Curves)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Thickness

Yes1 (Lines and Curves)

Yes

Yes

Yes
Plane:
        

Color

Yes2 (Fill Color)

Yes

Yes

No

Legend:
(1) To change the line segment color, linetype and thickness, right-click the section in the geometry area and select Properties
(2) To change the plane color, right-click the specification tree feature and select Properties
(3) To return to the initial colors, select No color.