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title: "Origin Tech Tip: Creating CAD sections"
description: "Origin Tech Tip: This tech tip reviews creating CAD sections. Either using the CAD 'amsection' command or using CheckMate's Autosection"
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## [Origin Tech Tip: Creating CAD sections](https://info.originintl.com/resources/tech-tips-blog/bid/79518/Origin-Tech-Tip-Creating-CAD-sections)

Posted by [Janet Wiaderny](https://info.originintl.com/resources/tech-tips-blog/author/janet-wiaderny) on Wed, Oct 17, 2012 @ 09:53 AM

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Origin Tech Tip: This tech tip reviews creating CAD sections. Either using the CAD 'amsection' command or using CheckMate's Autosection to generate measurements and CAD sections simultaneously.

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