Shorten parts in selected views

You can shorten parts in the selected view in an open drawing. By default, there is an empty area shown in the middle of the shortened part, but you can use a shortening symbol instead, and adjust the shortening symbol color and line type.

Click a drawing view frame in an open drawing.
If the property pane is not open, double-click the drawing view frame.
In the property pane, in Cut parts, select Yes, Only in x direction, or Only in y direction.
To cut skewed parts, select the Cut skew parts checkbox.
In Minimum cut part length, set the minimum length of the shortened part.

This option defines how long the part must at least be to get shortened. The length of the part must be at least twice the entered value.
In Space between cut parts, enter the distance between the cut parts on paper.
Click Modify.

Tip:

To use a view shortening symbol instead of the empty area in the middle of the shortened part, set the advanced options XS_DRAW_VERTICAL_VIEW_SHORTENING_SYMBOLS_TO_PARTS and XS_DRAW_HORIZONTAL_VIEW_SHORTENING_SYMBOLS_TO_PARTS to TRUE.

You can control the appearance of the view shortening symbol with the advanced options XS_SHORTENING_SYMBOL_COLOR_RGB, XS_SHORTENING_SYMBOL_LINE_TYPE, and XS_SHORTENING_SYMBOL_WITH_ZIGZAG.

Example

Below is an example where the zig zag shortening symbol is used.