How are section drawings drawn?
A section is drawn from a vertical plane slicing through a building. This is as if you cut through a space vertically and stood directly in front looking straight at it. Sections are a common design drawing and technical architectural or engineering convention for graphic representation of architecture.
What does Section drawing mean?
A ‘section drawing’, ‘section’ or ‘sectional drawing’ shows a view of a structure as though it had been sliced in half or cut along another imaginary plane.
What is the point of a section drawing?
One particularly useful type of drawing is what’s called an architectural “section.” It’s the drawing of a vertical cut through a building or an area of a building. The purpose of a section is to show, graphically, the main volumes of the building and the main building material components.
How do I create a section view?
A full section view is generated by running the cutting plane through the entire length of the object being sectioned.
- Click Layout tab Create View panel Section drop-down Full.
- Click the view you want to use as the parent view.
- Click in the drawing area to indicate the start point of the section line.
What is the difference between section and elevation?
An elevation is a view from the side of an object, when drawing interior elevations, this would represent one of the walls. This would include any windows or doors as well as any built-in furniture that is in direct contact with the wall. This is a section view.
How do you represent a sectioned surface on a drawing?
How do you represent a sectioned surface on a drawing? A sectioned surface is represented by drawing thick lines at angle 45° to the drawing on the sectioned surface, (this is done with the use of a tee square and 45° set square when drawn on a t board).
How many types of sectional drawings are there?
6 Types of sectional views.
How do you draw a sectional line?
To Draw a Section Line and Marks
- On the default tool palette set, click the Design tab, and then click the Vertical Section tool.
- Specify the start point of the section line.
- Continue to specify points to define the section line, if needed.
- Specify the endpoint of the section line, and press Enter.
What are the types of section?
Sectional Views
- CUTTING PLANE.
- CUTTING PLANE LINE.
- SECTION LINING.
- FULL SECTIONS.
- HALF SECTIONS.
- BROKEN OUT SECTIONS.
- REVOLVFD SECTIONS.
- OFFSET SECTIONS.
What are the different kinds of sections?
Examples of different Section Types and how to use them
- Headline.
- Row section.
- Columns section.
- Buttons section.
- Text + Buttons section.
- Grid section.
- Side-by-Side section.
- Tabs section.