Virtual Reality Design Lab

You don't need to hide anything to use the animation function with section cuts... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nKyWomUYxs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sQ-7dt95yw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khsFvyXLe-Q

01- You need some Ruby to delete all SectionPlanes: This line of code + enter in the Ruby Console will do that: m=Sketchup.active_model;m.start_operation('!');m.active_entities.grep(Sketchup::SectionPlane).each{|e|e.erase!};m.commit_operation It's somewhat long as in includes code to make it one step undo-able. It erases all SectionPlanes in the current context - so ones nested inside a group are not affected until you run the code inside an edit of that group... 02- As well as hiding other contexts completely during an edit session... SectionPlanes can be assigned Layers. That way you can assign different Layers to different SectionPlanes and switch them to be not visible in different Scene-tabs as desired: thus removing the visual 'clutter'. Get used to using Layers, Modes, Styles and Scene-tabs in combination - you can have various tabs set up to enhance your modeling experience - e.g. you don't need textures and shadows on when making most 3d forms, and they will slow down orbiting etc, a tab to troubleshoot - with a Style set to show hidden geometry, color edges by axis etc is also a useful thing...

@rich o brien said: that was a bug in 2013. but 2013 M1 fixed it. I already have that version so then what could it be ...?

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Dave, Great example of the variety of line effects you can get just by adjusting the image's export size. All of these tips and tutorials have been very valuable and I appreciate everyone's help.

You're welcome Bob.

@dave r said: If the selected objects are components, you can save each of them as separate SKP files by right clicking and choosing Save as... Or you could make a nested component containing the objects you're interested in and again use Context>Save as... Or, if the objects are components and you want to save them separately, you could drag their thumbnails from the In Model components library to a desired local folder in the Components window. None of those options work, though, if you are using groups instead of components. This was helpful! Thanks!

Ha, very true, thanks

When you have the feet selected you see the available modifier keys at the bottom of the screen. They have their uses. Like moving up the face of a building etc. Set the eye height at any time simply by typing the value and enter. The Eye tool is basically looking from your head, so you are able to look up and down as well as side to side. Whereas the feet keep your eyeline level until you change it.

Thanks for your time and help.

Ok great, thanks for your help.

Excellent, thanks for your help Dave.

There will be a test on this later and your score will count to your final result.

And for exotic cut lines cut maybe Su4_Slice by Suforyou Last version 2.0 makes "solids" at the Line cut so volumes are closed ! Random Painter By Chris Fullmer (not sure that it's works in 2014! Exploded View by CPlassais / Pilou here V1 [image: file.php?id=123591&t=1]

You can also combine with other section outside the group

The blank thumbnail may well be caused by you saving the 'Model' component in a different view. If it's an external component and you have edited the file it may have 'Redefine the thumbnail on save' which is an option in the Model Info.

This might help http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15%26amp;t=42712

Wow... You are right they weren't parallel, there was a 0.1mm difference. Thanks for teaching me some tricks. I am not using Sketchup the right way. Thanks!

Double click. The bounding box should turn from solid blue to dotted grey when in edit mode.