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    • EdsonE Offline
      Edson
      last edited by

      did you know you can export the slice/section as a dwg file? after you create the section, go to File>Export Slice.

      edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre β€’ brasil
      http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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      • D Offline
        driven
        last edited by

        there is always TIG's excellent SectionCutFace ruby http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=20564&hilit=+plugin#p172583

        or old skool

        Draw rectangle, intersect with model (turn off group layer, if you want to see your 2D appear)

        then intersect with self is often required

        make group scale with tape measure inside group, or copy/paste in place into a new drawing and just work back and forth between the two....

        (on a Mac at least)

        john
        select 'intersected' rectangle and copy/paste in place in new drawing, scale, dimension, etc...

        learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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        • GaieusG Offline
          Gaieus
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          The problem with the section slice group is that while the section plane is on, it is exatly hidden by it. You need to turn the section plane off to access the group.

          TIG's script (as far as I know) works with this automatically created group, too, by:

          1. giving faces to it where there are "supposed to be faces" (i.e. take care of face orientation)
          2. moving the whole section group "back" a bit so that it is not hidden by the section plane any more
            Now if you do not have anything that would dramatically change dimensions between the original cut and this slightly moved cut by TIG, you can indeed use this group to make your LO presentations and dimensioning in it. As it is on a separate layer, you can turn every other layer off, align your view with this section cut face, make a new scene and send it to LO.
            But of course, you can do the same with just the native section cut group.

          Gai...

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          • R Offline
            redinhawaii
            last edited by

            Thanks all,
            Exporting the section slice gets me into all autocad options, that doesn't work
            I did down load TIG's ruby but seem to have gotten only the documentation for it, I will have to search deeper to get that to work,
            regarding the "turn every layer off" too many layers going...
            and further more, I hope to "grab that slice" in SU, send it( in 2d )to a new SU file that I can easily measure and add the necessary details, like, trim,
            fascia, frieze, flashings, hold downs, it does not have to be 3d as the building department only needs to see orthographic drawings, but it would be nice to be from the "model file" in case there were any huge differences, and in case I might want to send some of the detailing back to create a closer realistic model, there just is a lot of info in a typical section, and references to larger scale details that typically don't need to be modeled or are interior of a model, ie. rebar, blocking, framing members...
            I was hoping to keep the drawing in SU mostly and then go to Layout for dimensioning and notes because SU can be converted to 3d, and it is easier to scale as you "build" the drawing.
            Thanks for the help so far I will keep pushing to figure the "best practice" on this one.
            aloha
            red

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            • TIGT Offline
              TIG Moderator
              last edited by

              This is the latest SectionCutFace file [v2.4]
              http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=172583#p172583
              Place the .rb file in the SUp ../Plugins/ folder.
              When you select a section-plane element you get an extra right-click context-menu item to add a Section Cut Face for it...
              Fill out your requirements in the dialog as desired...
              It IS a type of 'text file' - that's what most scripts are... πŸ€“

              TIG

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              • utilerU Offline
                utiler
                last edited by

                Section Cut Face is the best!!! I use it always.......

                Another way useful tool from TIG. πŸŽ‰

                purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                • TIGT Offline
                  TIG Moderator
                  last edited by

                  As has been said my SectionCutFace tool does what you do 'longhand' - just more quickly and automatically - you can also quickly edit the group manually if it messes up what's void and what's solid [e.g. if your forms have unnecessary internal faces and it gets confused]...

                  TIG

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                  • R Offline
                    redinhawaii
                    last edited by

                    TIG,
                    what am I doing wrong as I don't see "section cut faces" in my pull down menu of plugings...
                    I dropped it into Library>application support>Sketchup7>Sketchup>PluginsFolder>plugins
                    and / or is it "slicer"?
                    thanks
                    aloha
                    red


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                    • TIGT Offline
                      TIG Moderator
                      last edited by

                      You only get the 'SectionCutFace' tool appearing in a right-click context-menu, and that only happens IF you have just one Section-Plane selected...

                      So make a section plane and then make that plane active - then select it and and then right-click - there should be an option to 'Add a Section Cut Face' ???

                      There are clear instructions at the start of the script... if you open it with a plain text-editor [say Notepad for PC or BBedit for MAC]
                      πŸ˜’

                      Slicer is a tool to make slices of a group/instance - NOT section-cut-faces !!!

                      TIG

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                      • bmikeB Offline
                        bmike
                        last edited by

                        To see a section slice in a model, just nudge it away from your section plane by .01 or .1 inches (depending on scale / units / etc.).

                        Works great...

                        TIG's tool sounds great - but I use the built in tool to create a group, nudge it into the part of the model that is showing. I'll often slide it over 1000" or some handy number, make it into a component, and then edit, fill in the solids with various colors, textures, etc.

                        Then detail it in LayOut.

                        mike beganyi design + consulting llc

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