It isn't possible with the Section tool. You could make a cutting surface to cut through and intersect it with the model.

More on this: Here are examples of the same model and same sketchy line style exported at different sizes. [image: oFed_Massing1578.png] [image: z985_Massing3000.png] [image: IezB_Massing6000.png] Here's a comparison of the three. [image: jVYE_Massingcomparison.png] You'll see that there's more detail in the larger exports although the lines get thinner. You have to weigh out what you need to show and how. You can leverage this to get varying line weights in the same images as in this one: [image: 5IUk_AdirondackChairmarker.png] The styles I make always use the maximum number of stroke lengths and the maximum number of strokes per length so as to make it possible to get the most detail.

Use my CloudUp plugin

Any chance you'd share the SKP with me privately? We can see what it looks like on another machine.

I don't know what method you are using to transfer the files, but in some cases (e.g. FTP) you need to make sure that the file is designated to be binary. Otherwise the transfer may try to convert line ending characters between Windows, UNIX, and Mac conventions, and that will surely corrupt a binary file such as a skp.

@mac1 said: Sorry we will have to agree to disagree. I did some studies some time ago looking at MeshLab to address model simplification ref https://sites.google.com/site/sagesuwiki/tutorials/tips/meshlab#1+Meslab+Cleaning+and+Repairing+Filters.jpg?attredirects=0. Unfortunately there have been reformats by others than the author and all graphics appear lost. At the time there were issues with SU / dae and now Su is nearly 100% compliant to it and results should be better since that was required to import to it. MeshLab has a number of filters that can simplify the OP model, these are used in many other programs to form their basis of filters. It will be up to the OP to evaluate the various recommendations included herein and select the approach he / she feels best meets the needs at hand. The link I have shown shows some of the programs capability. If vertex tools has a simple solution why not show it so OP can compare? I should have been a little more gracious... sorry. And actually maybe this is what he's looking for. I get stuck in this mindset that everyone wants perfectly flat planes (because that's what I'm always looking for!), so I guess it depends what kind of results he wants and whether he wants to move in-between programs.

Thanks, we will check it out!

I figured this out!! This may help someone else ... You have to rightclick on the program icon, run as administrator, open the model, then claim credit. (This for those in the pc world)

this is indeed a great plugin. what is great, is you can command + F to search your lengthy list of shortcuts. I have an older versionprintkeys.rbas unfortunately this one did not work for me. however on mac it outputs in weird hieroglyphics, but in Firefox, if you pick View, Character Encoding, UTF-8, it will appear correctly.

Hi Steve, Sorry that video isn't available. I think it got vaporized into the ether unfortunately. I sent you an e-mail, though.

Did you just copy the plugins over from an older SketchUp installation? If so, go into the Plugins folder and delete the files related to them and install freshly downloaded version. It looks like you need to get fresh copies of: bezierspline artisan joint push/pull LibFredo6 TT_Lib2 Vertex Tools FredoScale

mmmm thats rigth, i think its not a good mode to work, because we need to load again the texture from the original imagen file, and we lost some time, the edit mode maybe can work better. pbacot, yeah thats the happen, on windows the edit mode, change to other tab on same windows, then u cant ruin your texture. and the other think, the problem whit the edit texture fail, i try to change access atributes to all folder tem on MAC and still fail the edit texture. saludos amigos!

Nice job, Dave. Good instruction!

...aaaaand as of turning the machine on this morning, the problem has resolved itself. White box, black text, all is well. No apparent connection to any intervention, on my part. I'll take it.

Hey Box. I'd like to hear more of your sad experience looking into the loop. Feel free to post some images so we understand what you're talking about.

Here's a solution that I tried out and it works relatively well. 1- Ungroup everything in your car model. 2- Make a copy of the car (if you only need two views, front and side views) 3- Viewing each copy separately in each orthographic view of front and side, use the Artisan knife tool to slice the car in half. Delete the back half of the car in the one model and a side of the car in the other (the idea here is to get rid of any pieces that when flattened into a pancake we do not want to see IE the back of the car...). 4- Use Vertex Tools or any scaling tool that allows you scale an object to absolute flat zero and flatten each instance of the car pieces to the appropriate plane. Essentially the idea here is to crunch the car by scaling into a single plane but getting rid of the details of the opposite sides when merged together. For your side view you might be able to just scale the vehicle without cutting it in half, but you might end up extra unwanted polygons depending on how well the two sides of the car mirror each other.

Well..that was easy. Feel bit embarrased now haha, thanks for the help guys

To me, the purpose of the object would define the method. Ido buildings. In fact I am avoiding working on my project at this moment .. So I would normally see a wall going up to a ceiling or a roof, and an intersection with or extrusion to that surface(s) would be the method. For a sculptural shape, the top is up to the artist of course, and method varies.

As would I

To widen this topic a bit. Does anyone knows some good and free collection of low-poly trees and bushes? I need it for some landscape/cityscape design. I have a model of the terrain with streets and several hundred buildings and some extra stuff...And all that makes a model of 800,000 entities. And then I import a tree from a warehouse and - puff - my whole complex model displaying a significant part of the town has 800,000 entities and one sole tree has a milion and half!