<P> A section, or cross-section, is a view of a 3 - dimensional object from the position of a plane through the object . </P> <P> A section is a common method of depicting the internal arrangement of a 3 - dimensional object in two dimensions . It is often used in technical drawing and is traditionally crosshatched . The style of crosshatching often indicates the type of material the section passes through . </P> <P> With computed axial tomography, computers construct cross-sections from x-ray data . </P> <Ul> <Li> <P> A 3 - D view of a beverage - can stove with a cross-section in yellow . </P> </Li> <Li> <P> A 2 - D cross-sectional view of a compression seal . </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Cutaway of a Porsche 996 </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Cross-section of a jet engine </P> </Li> </Ul>

A technique used to show the projection of an object into space