Sectional Views

Outline
• Why we have sectional views
• Birds Eye View of Sectional Views
– Rules in creating Sectional Views
– Hatch Lines
 Sectional Views
• Missing Line Views are messy.
• Missing Line Views are not easily and clearly
understandable by average non-engineering
people.
• Sectional Views are easy to understand.
• Sectional Views are non-engineering people
friendly.
 Visible Lines

Overview Hatch Lines

Parts to be discussed: a. Visible Lines

1) Cutting Plane o Rules
o Rules b. Hatch Lines
2) Section View o Rules
 Cutting Plane
Arrow Direction is
the direction of the
line of sight.

Remove This
Part

Then look at
the direction of
the arrow (left).
Section View
Saan siya titingnan?
What portion shall be
removed?
Section View and Placement

This will be
removed.
Labeling a Cutting Plane
A

This part shall be removed.

A
Section A-A
B B

This part shall be removed.

Section B-B
Rules for Lines in Section View
1) Edges and
Contours are
now in visible
lines.

2) Always show
visible lines.

3) No more
hidden lines
4) No more
hidden lines!
Because….

5) Same
direction of
Hatch Lines

6) No visible
solid line and
hatch at the
same parts!
Rules for Hatch Lines
1) Uniformly spaced, 2.5mm
interval.
2) Uniformly thin.
- Thinner than visible
line.
3) Do not go pass the visible
lines.
Note:
1) Don’t create hatch lines that are parallel to the visible lines.
2) Don’t create hatch lines that are perpendicular to the visible
lines.
3) To avoid 1& 2, vary the angle to 30-60 degrees.