B10    Sections & Conventions

Information Sheet

1.  Identify the use of Sectioning
See Attached Notes for Rules of Thumb
See textbook pages 421-424, 431 (Professional Perspective)
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2.  Define Cutting Plane Lines
See textbook page 423 - Figure 14.4


 
3.  Define Section Lines (hatching)
See textbook page 422 &  423 - Figure 14.8


 
4.  Define Full Section
See textbook page 424
 

A Full section shows the complete half of an object.

 
5.  Define Half Section
 

 

A Half section seems like a quarter section

 

 
6.  Define Aligned Section
See textbook page 425 - Figure 14.16


 
7.  Identify Hatching Symbols
See textbook pages 424, 427, 799 
 
8.  Define Broken Out Section
See textbook pages 428 - Figure 14.28
 
9.  Define Conventional Revolutions & Revolved Sections
 See textbook page 429 - Figure 14.31
 
 
10. Identify unsectioned features
See textbook page 426


 

 
11.  Demonstrate Sectioning in Assemblies
See textbook pages 576-584

 

 
12.  Apply Section Symbols
See textbook pages 768,770 & 772

When a Section is cut we use a section symbol as shown below: 

The Section detail will then have the following title:

Note the line in the bottom half of the circle. This line indicates that the cut section and the resulting section detail will be displayed on the same drawing.

If the section was cut on drawing 1 and displayed on drawing 6 the symbols would look like this:

Section Cut symbol         Section detail title