21MES102L

Engineering Graphics and Design

School of Mechanical Engineering

Dr.R.SANTHANAKRISHANAN M.E., Ph.D.,

Associate Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
SRM IST, Kattankulathur.

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 21MES102L
Engineering Graphics and Design

E8 Section of Solids

Sectioned Solids
 Topics Covered

 Significance of Section of Solids

 Section of Solids when Section Plane Perpendicular to one Plane and Parallel to
other Plane
Section of Solids when Section Plane Perpendicular to one Plane and Inclined to
other Plane
 Plane

 A PLANE is a two dimensional object having Length and Breadth only.

 Its Thickness is always neglected.

 In order to show the inner details of a Machine Component, the object is

imagined to be cut by a CUTTING PLANE and the SECTION is
viewed after the removal of cut portion.
A Section is an imaginary cut taken through an object
to expose the shape or interior

Sectioned Objects
 Cutting Plane Orientation

 Cutting Plane Perpendicular to Ground and Parallel to Wall

 Cutting Plane Perpendicular to Wall and Parallel to Ground

 Cutting Plane Perpendicular to both Ground and Wall

 Cutting Plane Inclined to Ground and Perpendicular to Wall

 Cutting Plane Inclined to Wall and Perpendicular to Ground

 Cutting Plane Representation

 The cutting plane line is an imaginary plane

passing through an object at the place where a
section is to be made.

 This imaginary line is identified with reference

letters along with arrows to show the direction
in which the sectional view is taken.

 The beginning and end styles of cutting plane

lines are made bold. This is also done at the
portions where the cutting plane is offset.
 Elements of Sectional View

1, Cutting Plane 2. Portion of the part to be removed

3. Sectioned pat 4. Sectional Lines 5. Direction of Viewing
 A Square Pyramid of base side 25 mm & 40 mm height is resting on its base
with its Axis Perpendicular to HP and its base edges are equally Inclined to
VP. A section plane is cutting the axis at point of 21 mm from its base at an
angle of 30º with respect to HP & perpendicular VP. Extract the sectional
front view, sectional top view & its true shape of the section.

 Change the work space environment to 3D Modeling (WORKSPACE

SWITCHING)
 Complete the preliminary steps (setting UNITS & LIMITS)
 Select Top plane (since the True shape of the solid is visible in TOP view)
Top View of the Front View of the
Square Pyramid Square Pyramid

 Use Pyramid command from MODELLING tool bar to create the Square Pyramid
with given base & height
 Rotate the Pyramid (450) such that the base edges are equally inclined to VP using
the ROTATE command from MODIFY tool bar
Draw a Horizontal Line Touching the Use Move command to move the
Apex of the SQ Pyramid Horizontal line Down ward for 19 mm
 The Inclined Line is Drawn
for the Given Angle 30º in
Front Plane at the Given
Height 21 mm from the
Base (19 mm from Apex)
 The inclined line is used as
the Reference to Locate the
Section Plane using  Use Rotate command & Rotate the
Horizontal Line for 30º
Section Tool
  Click on Section Plane
in Section Tool Bar

 After the click the Command prompt ask for any point to locate section line
  While defining a point to locate section line

Second 2 First 1

First Second
1 2

 The Bottom portion of the Solid is  The Top portion of the Solid is
Sectioned Sectioned
 After Sectioning

Front View

SW Isometric view
 To Pick the Sectioned Solid for
Extracting the Orthographic Views
 Click on the Section Tool

 Select Generate Section

 Click on Section Plane
Select Section object
Select 3D Section

 Click on 3D Section

 Click on Create
Specify insertion point below the Section Plane
  Enter X scale factor 1 &
 Press 2 times Enter to accept
the scale factor 1 for both Y
Scale factor & Z Scale factor

 Specify Rotation Angle as 0º

 SW isometric view of Sectioned SQ Pyramid
 Use DRAFTING STANDARD from VIEW BASE tool bar for setting the
FIRST ANGLE of projection.
 Use BASE command from VIEW BASE tool bar & select the command
FROM MODEL SPACE to select the Sectioned Solid & press ENTER &
assign the LAYOUT NAME & press enter.
 Select the LAYOUT newly created & give Right click to see the options &
select the PAGE SETUP MANGER to modify the PAGE SETUP (to change
the scale) in the newly created LAYOUT.
 Set the SCALE for 1:1 & the UNITS in mm. & give OK & CLOSE for
PAGE SETUP MANAGER.
Sectional Front View Sectional Side View

 In the LAYOUT sheet press ENTER to paste

the Selected Sectioned Solid to the top to get
FRONT VIEW & drag orthogonally down to

Sectional Top View get Top view & Drag Right side to get Side
view & press Enter.
 Click on the Front view of the model, CREATE VIEW tool bar will be
displayed at the top and select the FULL from the Section view Tool Bar
 Select two ends of cutting plane and drag (downwards) perpendicular to the
cutting plane to get the TRUE shape of the section
 To Extract the True Shape of the Section

 Click on the
Front View

 Select the Section

Tool in Create
view Tool Bar

Select Full
 2
1
 Drag the Cursor Perpendicular to
the Arrow direction
 Left Click to place the location of
Section view.
SELECT
 Press Enter or Select Exit
 Use LINE command from DRAW
tool bar & draw the reference line XY

 Use LINE command to draw the boundary line in the

Sectional Top view & TRUE shape
 Use HATCH command & Pick the
internal points of the Boundary lines
drawn in the Sectional Top view Side
View & TRUE shape of the section.

TRUE SHAPE of the Section

 Use DIMENSION tool from ANNOTATION tool bar

& mark the relevant dimensions
 A cylinder of 60 mm diameter, 80 mm height and having its axis vertical is cut
by a section plane, perpendicular to the VP, inclined at 40o to the HP and
intersecting the axis 35 mm above the base. Draw its front view, sectional top
view, sectional side view and the true shape of the section.

 Change the work space environment to 3D Modeling (WORKSPACE

SWITCHING)
 Complete the preliminary steps (setting UNITS & LIMITS)
 Start with TOP view (since True shape of the solid is visible in TOP view)
 Use Cylinder command from MODELLING tool bar to create the Cylinder with
given axis length.
 Cylinder axis perpendicular to HP

 Select Top Plane & Create the Cylinder

for the given Radius & Height
 Select Front Plane & Draw
a Horizontal Line Touching
the Base of the Cylinder.

 Move the Horizontal Line

for 35 mm Above the Base
 Rotate the Horizontal Line
for 40º
  Select Section Plane
Top View of the Cylinder
 To Locate the Section Plane

Front View

 After Sectioning

SW Isometric View
  Click on Select Section Plane
 Click On Generate
 Click on 3D Section
 Click on Create
 Enter X scale factor 1 &
 Press 2 times Enter to accept
the scale factor 1 for both Y
Scale factor & Z Scale factor

 Specify Rotation Angle as 0º

 Use DRAFTING STANDARD from VIEW BASE tool bar for setting the
FIRST ANGLE of projection.
 Use BASE command from VIEW BASE tool bar & select the command
FROM MODEL SPACE to select the Sectioned Solid & press ENTER &
assign the LAYOUT NAME & press enter.
 Select the LAYOUT newly created & give Right click to see the options &
select the PAGE SETUP MANGER to modify the PAGE SETUP (to change
the scale) in the newly created LAYOUT.
 Set the SCALE for 1:1 & the UNITS in mm. & give OK & CLOSE for
PAGE SETUP MANAGER.
 Click on the Front view of the model, CREATE VIEW tool bar will be
displayed at the top and select the FULL from the Section view Tool Bar
 Select two ends of cutting plane and drag (downwards) perpendicular to the
cutting plane to get the TRUE shape of the section
 To Extract the True Shape of the Section

 After Click Select the Section Tool

in Create view Tool Bar
 Select Full

 Click on the Sectional

Front View

Sectional Front View

 Specify the Bottom
End & the Top End
of the Section
 Drag the Curser
Perpendicular to
the Arrow Direction
& Press Enter to
Specify the location
of the True Shape
of the Section.
 Select Depth Option
 Select Slice Option
 Click on Green Tick
 Use LINE command from
DRAW tool bar & draw the
reference line XY
 Use LINE command to
draw the boundary line in
the Sectional Top view &
TRUE shape
 Use HATCH command & Sectional Front View Sectional Side View
Pick the internal points of the
Boundary lines drawn in the
Sectional Top view & TRUE
shape

Sectional Top View True Shape of the Section