Article - CS20807

Cross-section creation in drawing view fails with error message “Cross-section creation in view 'xxxx', on sheet x, aborted” in Creo Parametric

Modified: 18-Jun-2025   


Applies To

  • Creo Parametric 1.0 to 12.4
  • Pro/ENGINEER and Creo Elements/Pro 2000i2 to Wildfire 5.0

Description

  • Cross-section creation in drawing view fails with error message
    • Cross-section creation in view 'xxxx', on sheet x, aborted
    • <section name> section creation in view <view name>, on sheet <sheet name>, failed due to failing cutting geometry of <model name>.
  • Lines appear in cross section view that should not be visible
  • Cross section looks right in model but will not display in drawing
  • Sometimes dependent on view display settings (hidden line removal options)
  • The section line of the cross section shows a problem, if an unrelated part is suppressed. This section line will be displayed, but after resume the unrelated part, the section line will not be displayed.
  • The section lines are not displayed on the PDF file while exporting a drawing to PDF format
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