Welcome to the SOLIDWORKS Web Help

To open this page:

With a drawing open, click Options (Standard toolbar), select the Document Properties tab, then select Views > Section.

Overall drafting standard

Inherited from the selected Drafting Standard page settings.

Select a standard:

Specifies the section line style and thickness for the source view.

Standard with connector	Displays a continuous section line in the source view.
Alternative without connector	Displays a split section line in the source view.
Standard without connector	Displays thick lines at the ends of the cutting line and at any change in direction within the cutting line.

Font	Modifies the font.

Per standard

Select to adhere to the base standard. Clear to modify view label parameters:

Name	Select a title to appear in the view label, or enter your own title.	Font	Specifies the font for the title in the view label.
Label	Specifies the appearance of the letter that corresponds to the label on the parent view.	Font	Specifies the font for the label in the view label.
Rotation	Specifies the appearance of the view's rotation angle.	Font	Specifies the font for the rotation angle in the view label.
Scale	Select a label for the scale, or enter your own label.	Font	Specifies the font for the scale in the view label.
Delimiter	Specifies the scale display option: To display the scale with two numbers separated by a delimiter, select: X:X X/X (X:X) (X/X) To display the scale as the ratio of two numbers followed by X, select # X. To hide the scale, select `<None>` .	Font	Specifies the font for the delimiter in the view label.
Remove space in scale around colon (:) and slash (/)	Select to remove space in the scale label.
Stacked	Displays the view label with the name and label stacked on top of the scale.
In-line	Displays the name and label on the same line.

Display label above view

Displays the label above the view.

Include location labels for new views

Select to automatically add a location label to the section view and the cutting line.

Include view label on new removed sections

Adds a view label to each new Removed Section view that you create.

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Select a layer.

You must first create layers for the drawing before you can select them for document properties.

View label document layer settings override view label Line style settings.

Scale with section view arrow letter height	Specifies the arrow head size for section views to scale automatically to the section view letter height, if the section view arrows do not follow the section arrow text font. Clear to modify arrow dimensions.
Style	Specifies an arrow type for section views. You can specify the arrow type for section views independent of the arrow type for dimensions.