Views, ContinuedSectional viewsTo produce a sectional view, an imaginary plane, called the cutting plane,cuts through the object and the two halves are separated to expose the interiorconstruction. The direction of sight may be toward the right or left half,while you disregard the portion of the object nearest the observer.Use acutting plane line or viewing plane line to indicate the cutting plane and thedirection of sight.Sectional views may be further classified as full, half,broken-out, revolved, removed, offset, aligned sections, and partial views.Figure 3-51 shows an imaginary plane cutting through an object.Figure 3-51.—Sectional views.Continued on next page3-56
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