Cross Section Analysis dialog box

Access

Ribbon: Inspect tab Analysis panel Section

Sets or modifies the name of the analysis. The first saved analysis is named CrossSection1 by default.

Simple

provides a cutaway view of the part at a single section plane, similar to Slice Graphics in 2D sketches.

Advanced

provides more detailed information about any number of section planes, including wall thickness analysis and area physical property calculations.

Simple

Section Plane

Plane

Selects a planar face or work plane to start the plane definition.

Direction

Sets the side that is sectioned.

Section Offset

Sets the value to offset from the selected plane. Click and drag the plane in the graphics window to set the value dynamically.

Advanced

Section Planes

Determines the method for creating and positioning the sections. Also sets a range for thickness.

Select

Allows selection of multiple work planes and planar faces to define the orientation of analysis cross sections.

Create

Allows selection of one planar face or work plane, which is offset at a specified count and spacing to define the orientation of parallel analysis cross sections.

Select button

The selection defines the orientation of analysis cross sections.

Click the check box to distribute the section planes on both sides of the original plane.

Flip reverses direction of the sections.

Number of sections

Specifies the number of sections to use in the analysis. Information on each section appears as a row on the Results tab.

Section spacing

Specifies the distance between sections, depending on the selected section spacing method. If Distance is selected, it specifies the total distance the sections is to cover. If Spacing is selected, it defines the spacing between sections.

Section spacing method

Distance distributes the sections evenly across the specified distance. The spacing is calculated.

Spacing defines the spacing between sections. The total distance occupied by the sections is calculated.

Wall Thickness

Sets the minimum and maximum thickness to use for the analysis.

Column Chooser

Allows customization of Results fields. Adding any of the physical properties columns enables the visibility of the centroid glyph for each section.

Calculate

Generates the table for the Results tab and corresponding cross section graphics in the graphics window. Also recomputes the cross section analysis to update out-of-date sections.

Export

Exports the table to tab-delimited text file, which can be imported into Microsoft Excel.

Results

Displays information on each section of the analysis, including wall thickness information and area physical properties calculations (Centroid, Moments of Inertia, and so on). Sections that violate the minimum or maximum thickness are displayed in the corresponding row color. Each section marked as visible in the results table corresponds to a visible crosshatched section of the part. Click a row in the table to highlight the corresponding section in the graphics window.

The table includes analysis of the physical properties of the sections (for example, Moments of Inertia).

Row Color	Description
Yellow	Section is within the minimum and maximum thickness
Red	Section contains areas above the maximum thickness.
Blue	Section contains areas below the minimum thickness.
Purple	Section contains areas both above and below the maximum and minimum thickness, respectively.
Gray	Section is not visible and is out-of-date . Sections become out of date if the model has changed since the analysis was computed.

Next Section moves the row selection up or down in the table.

Show All

Specifies if all sections are visible.

Show Violating

Specifies if all sections that violate the minimum or maximum thickness are visible in the graphics.

Hide All

Specifies if all sections are invisible.