Section View
section_viewSlice a solid with a plane to reveal its internal cross-section, returning the cut area, wire counts, and bounding box. Optionally emit the section outline as a new object for rendering or export.
Instructions
Cut a solid with a plane and return the cross-section it exposes. This is the best way to "see inside" a part blind: it measures the cut area and its extent, and can optionally emit the section outline as a new object for rendering/export. Units: mm (lengths), mm^2 (areas).
handle: the solid to slice (a AnkusDrive handle). plane: "XY", "XZ", or "YZ" (world datum planes) OR a datum-plane handle. World normals follow FreeCAD: XY -> +Z, XZ -> -Y, YZ -> +X. A datum handle uses its local +Z as the cutting normal. offset: shift of the cutting plane along its normal, in mm (default 0 = the plane through the world origin / datum origin). E.g. plane="XY", offset=10 cuts at z=10. emit_profile: when True, add a Part::Feature holding the section wires to the document, register it, and return its handle (raises if the plane misses the shape). Default False = measure only, no new geometry. name: object name for the emitted profile (only used when emit_profile=True).
Does not modify the input geometry. Returns a dict: plane: str (echoed), offset_mm: float (echoed), normal: [x, y, z] unit cutting-plane normal, section_area_mm2: float — total area of the closed cross-section wires, wire_count: int — number of section wires found (0 means the plane misses the shape), closed_wire_count: int — how many of those wires are closed, bbox: {min:[x,y,z], max:[x,y,z], size:[dx,dy,dz]} of the section, or None when the plane misses the shape, handle: str — handle of the emitted profile (ONLY when emit_profile=True), name: str — its FreeCAD object name (ONLY when emit_profile=True).
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| name | No | Section | |
| plane | No | XY | |
| handle | Yes | ||
| offset | No | ||
| emit_profile | No |