Align section line to an axis

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Align section line to an axis

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I can't seem to find a method to align a section axis to, in this case, a hole axis. It will lock on the center point, but just free floats over the axis.
I tried overlaying a coincident line via Sketch and/or a terminating point to guide it with a second reference, but the section axis does not seem to want to snap. Any recommendations?
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Re: Align section line to an axis

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Rather than overlaying a separate sketch object, try editing the section line sketch directly (right-click on the section line, then "Edit Sketch"). You'll then be able to explicitly constrain the line.
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Use View....Hide/Show...Temporary Axes to display the hole centerline and then you can do as @Jim_Elias says and edit the sketch to make it colinear with the temporary axis.
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Re: Align section line to an axis

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When I do something like that I create a plane in the part or assembly and align the section sketch line to the plane.

If you expand the tree in the drawing view you can select it to make your sketch line collinear.
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Re: Align section line to an axis

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Thanks for good tips - it works!
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