Cross section anywhere on bent pipe

SOLIDWORKS How To Questions
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Hello
I’m new here, migrating over from the old solid works forum that got shut down.

I’m trying to find the outline/perimeter of a angled section cut on a bent pipe constructed from a spline. I know I can find it by doing a cut extrude at an angle thru the pipe and then from a drawing created normal to the cut. But is there a easier way of doing this, for example true a section view? I need to be able to copy the geometric of the section on to a drawing.

Terje

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Put a plane where you need the section and use the Intersection Curve. It will get the section without the need to cut anything. You can get a plane by ctrl-dragging one parallel from an existing plane, or draw a line and make the new plane perpendicular to the sketch plane through the line. Then open a sketch on the new plane, select the surface you want to section and click Intersection Curve.

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Thanks, I will try it!