I've a very simple question about the Model Break View in SW MBD.

Take a look at the following very simple part

When I make a 2D drawing of such a long skinny part I would use a model break view in the drawing and specify the cutting lines with dimension. Like this

The dimensions of 50 only appear when the break lines are selected, so when these lines are not selected, then my drawing looks like this. Which is what I want.

This way, my drawing is well prepared for a parametric part, if the length is tripled for example then every ratio on the drawing stays the same due to the dimensions of the cutting edges, see the picture below.

I would love to see this functionality in the 3D model break view of MBD. In the 3D model break view you can only choose a distance between the green and red plane, that determine the section that will be removed. In this picture below the distance is 200mm.

But this is also the case if one of the planes is moved by draging it with the mouse. See picture below

For both pictures the distance is set to 200mm, but they are cut at different positions. And you don't have any control over that position other than using you eye.

You might wonder why do you care? It has everything to do with parametric models. We use driveworks to make parametric models. I.e. dimensions of models change, therefore if you want to make your drawing as such that is ready for the model change. I know that in MBD you dont have a drawing, but you do have captured 3D views, and changing you model can really mess up your captured 3D views. Therefore, you want to use model break views to keep ratios of the 3D captured view constant, due to the lack of functionality this sort of is impossible.

I would love to see that you can add a dimension between you model and the green and red planes, so that you can fix the position of those plane. Another option would be to manually insert two planes and let the model break view remove every thing in between. However, in the 3D model break view feature you cannot choose your own planes!

Is this something SW is working on. Or does anyone has a solution for this? Please let me know!

Kind regards,

Arnout