College of Engineering & Architecture

ARC 101 Basic Design Studio: Architectural Drawing

Class #8: Sectional Views -

Isometric
Drawings
 ROUTINE:

• SECTIONAL VIEW (WHAT & HOW)

• SECTION HATCHING

• IN CLASS ACTIVITIES
What is a sectional view?

A sectional view or a section looks inside an object.

Sections are used to clarify the interior construction of a part that can
not be clearly described by hidden lines in exterior views. By taking an
imaginary cut through the object and removing a portion, the inside
features may be seen more clearly
How to draw a sectional
view?

1. A cutting plane is assumed to be passed

through the part.
2. The cutting plane cuts the part into two
halves.
3. The right half is imagined to be removed.
4. The interior details of the object now
become visible.

Section Front
 The cutting plane
Cutting plane is a plane that imaginarily
cuts the object to reveal the internal
features.

• It is presented as a dashed line in the

top view.
• The cutting plane is always parallel to
object lines.
 The cutting plane

Remove
this part
Remove
this part

projection
direction
 The cutting plane

Cutting lines are presented in different ways, however its important to

place them on the top view to specify what is being sectioned. Arrows
specify the drawing direction.
 ROUTINE:

• SECTIONAL VIEW (WHAT & HOW)

• SECTION HATCHING

• IN CLASS ACTIVITIES
Section Hatching
Hatching in the section view shows the
solid surface of the object which were cut
through to produce the section.
 Offset Section

The cutting plane can be

bended or offset in some
drawings in order to show
more details of the object.
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