Animating Section cut through model
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I am trying to figure out how to animate a section cut through a building. I have seen this done, so I know it is possible. I have obviously tried to animate the section plane, and also the group it is cutting. I am using SU 6 on a Mac. I have been able to animate the sun's position through the day to create a full sun sweep over the days of the solstices for sun studies.
Thanks
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Since this seem almost too simple to answer, I fear that this is not what you're looking for, but attached please find a test...
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Use 2 section planes...1 down at ground level, 1 just above the highest point. Set up 2 scenes, either from the same viewpoint or different. Then edit and update each scene so that you have the lower section active in scene1 and the upper section active in Scene2. Adjust the transition time to get the effect you want.
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@alan fraser said:
Use 2 section planes...1 down at ground level, 1 just above the highest point. Set up 2 scenes, either from the same viewpoint or different. Then edit and update each scene so that you have the lower section active in scene1 and the upper section active in Scene2. Adjust the transition time to get the effect you want.
architeriffic,
Following Alans advice you may even want to exclude the 'Camera Location' from being saved in both scenes.
See the 'Scene Manager' to uncheck 'Camera Location' just before 'saving as a new style'
This will allow you to see transitions taking place from any angle. You can even orbit during these scene transitions. Although not always with the best results.Wo3Dan
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ok, have the animation, now how do I hide the section planes and keep the animated cuts?
Thanks so much
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There's a Section Cut toolbar with an icon for show/hide the planes.
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The obvious answer was to turn off section planes in the view menu...duh.
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Either this (View menu) or that (Toolbar - as Alan says) way. If you plan to use section planes/cuts a lot however, activate the toolbar from View > Toolbars so that you don't need to open the menu all the time.
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