[Feature Request] Use poly-lines as section lines

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ToniTen
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[Feature Request] Use poly-lines as section lines

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It is often very useful to have section lines not be straight lines, but to have them instead be polylines. This allows showing more details in a section, that would normally require doing multiple sections, one for each "section plane":
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(Red background on the section line added for emphasis)

As you see, the section line is broken into two segments, and this allows showing both threaded holes in a single section, even if they are not on the same plane. Sometimes, more segments are needed on the section poly-line. Since this is often done to simplify the drawings (since this example could technically be done with 2 section views), it is important that doing this sort of thing does not involve a convoluted process, nor that it requires modifying the 3D model.
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Re: [Feature Request] Use poly-lines as section lines

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That’s right, this is one of the most important missing features in TechDraw. I requested it some time ago here: https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=65321

A workaround (see linked video) is also discussed there.
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Re: [Feature Request] Use poly-lines as section lines

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Duplicate of issue #6309 / issue #5694
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Re: [Feature Request] Use poly-lines as section lines

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Problem with your PDF.
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