Engineering Graphics

Course Code: IPE 1109

Course taken by Taieba Tuba Rahman
Email: taieba_tuba@ymail.com
Section views
Sectional drawings are multi-view technical drawings that
contain special views of a part or parts, views that reveal
interior features
A primary reason for creating a section view is the
elimination of hidden lines so that a drawing can be more
easily understood or visualized

A section view reveals hidden features without the use of

hidden lines

It is based on passing an imaginary cutting plane through a

part to reveal interior features.
Sectional View is used to
improve the visualization of new design
clarify multi-view drawing
facilitate the dimensioning of drawing
reveal interior features
improve the communication and problem solving
processes
Cutting Plane Line

When more then one cutting plane is used on a drawing

then capital letter are placed at each end of the cutting
plane line for differentiating between cutting planes.
The arrows represent the direction of the line of sight for
the section view, and they point away from the sectioned
view.
Cutting Cutting Plane Cutting Plane Removed Part View drawn in
Plane type appears in Normal in Section
Frontal Top View Front view Front half of the object Front View
Cutting Plane

Horizontal Front View Top view Top half of the object Top view
Cutting Plane

Profile Top and Front Profile View The Left (or right) half of The left (or
Cutting Plane view the object right) side view
 Frontal Cutting Plane
Cutting Plane Normal in Front view

Removed Part- Front half of the object

Cutting Plane appears in Top View

Front View is drawn in section

Horizontal Cutting Plane

Cutting Plane Normal in Top view

Removed Part- Top half of the object

Top View is drawn in section

Cutting Plane appears in Front View

Profile Cutting Plane
Cutting Plane Normal in Profile View

Removed Part-The Left (or right) half of the object

The left (or right) side view is drawn in section

Cutting Plane appears in Top and Front view

Section lines
Section lines or cross-hatch lines are added to a section view to indicate
the surfaces that are cut by the imaginary cutting plane
1. The angle at which section lines are drawn is usually 45 degrees to the
horizontal and line space is 3 mm.
2. Section lines are drawn as thin (.35 mm or .016 inch) black lines, using an
H or 2H pencil.
3. do not run section lines beyond the visible outlines or stop them too
short.
4. Section lines should not run parallel or perpendicular to the visible
outline If the visible outline to be sectioned is drawn at a 45-degree angle,
the section lines are drawn at a different angle, such as 30 degrees
5. Different section line symbols can be used to represent various types of
materials.
6. the General purpose section line symbol used in most section view
drawings is that of cast iron.The actual type of material required is then
noted in the title block
7. No need section lines for the Parts less then 4 mm thick. Example:
Washers and Gaskets.
ANSI standard Section line for various materials
Type of section view
Imaginary cutting plane is controlled by the designer.
It can go..
Completely through the object (Full Section)
Halfway through the object (Half section)
Go through part of the object (Broken out section)
Be bent to go through features that are not alligned
(Offset section)
Draw the Full section view of the given object
Conventional practices
Conventional practices have been established to
handle section views of special situations, such as
alignment of holes, ribs, and spokes.

A rib or web is a thin, flat part that acts as a support

Leaving thin features un-sectioned only applies if the

cutting plane passes parallel to the feature. If the
cutting plane passes perpendicular or crosswise to the
feature, section lines are added
Typically, the following features are not section lined in an
assembly section drawing:
Shafts Ribs
Bearings, roller, or ball
Spokes
Gear teeth
Lugs
Threaded fasteners
Washers
Nuts and bolts
Keys
Rivets Pins
Ribs, webs, and lugs are special types of features commonly found in
mechanical components. These types of features require
special treatment in section views
Reference:
Technical Graphics Communications by Gary R.
Bertoline