A small but useful capability in Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0 is the ability to create and manage sections using the View Manager. This allows you to generate and manage sections at any time, and to include them as part of a more comprehensive “All” state, combining Simplified Reps, Display Styles, and Explode States along with Cross-sections.

To do this, you should:

Select the View Manager icon, then select the “Xsec” tab. Here you can create, modify, and delete cross-sections. Figure 1 shows an assembly of which we want to create a mid-plane cross-section.

Holding down the right mouse button, select New and create the cross-section as before, such as selecting an appropriate plane. This creates your new cross-section.

Two new capabilities also accessible from the right mouse button are Visibility and Set Active. When Visibility is selected, the cross-sectional lines are shown and are persistent until Unset Visibility is selected (Figure 2).