NX ISO view material removal

[makubex]

I'm putting together an assembly drawing of a part in which there are several smaller items being assembled inside of a cylindrical tube with openings on two sides.

I'd like to show an exploded isometric view of how the parts go together inside of the cylinder, but that would require somehow "breaking some material" out of the view.

I had imagined that I could make an Iso view and then view dependent edit to remove the curves/surfaces that were obstructing the parts that I wanted to display, however the iso just displays white space where those surfaces used to be rather than the items that lie behind it.

If there's no other way, I could always display the hidden lines, project them into the view as sketch lines, and trim/extend as needed, however the parts are pretty complex and this would take several hours to accomplish. Not to mention, I feel like this functionality must exist somewhere in NX already, and I'd just be wasting time on something that could be accomplished much more simply.

I tried playing with "break out section" and "broken view" however those commands seem to be tailored towards standard 2D views rather than isometric.

 

[JohnRBaker]

What you need to do is look at...

Insert -> View -> Pictorial Section(Half Pictorial Section)...

...as this will allow you remove sections of components as seen in 3D pictorial (AKA, Isometric) views on your drawing. After opening this dialog, press the F1 key and the user Help docs will provide you with an explanation of what the various options and steps that need to be followed to create these views. And once that Help page is open, if you go up to the upper-left corner of the documentation window and select the 'Contents' icon, it will take you that section of full Help file where you review other options and capabilities. Note that in this case, if you move up to the chapter labeled 'Pictorial Section and Half Pictorial Section' and expand it you will find a series of pages which will show you examples of what sort of section views that you can create using these tools including some which shows a step-by-step workflow.

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[makubex]

Perfect. This is exactly what I was looking for.

Thanks, John!