[Plugin] SectionCutFace

utiler · 28 Jul 2009, 23:17

You're the man, TIG!!!!
Thank you sooo much....

rhankc · 7 Aug 2009, 12:23

Many thanks Tig. Have a great day!

massimo · 18 Aug 2009, 06:03

Sorry TIG, I got this error with the 2.3 version with a simple box model
Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined methodset_visibility' for nil:NilClass>
C:/Programmi/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/SectionCutFace.rb:383:in face' C:/Programmi/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/SectionCutFace.rb:451 C:/Programmi/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/SectionCutFace.rb:451:in call'`
and i don't understand how the plug works with the scene/page transition. Draw a cube, add two scenes, in second scene make a section and add "section cut face". Is the below result the expected one?
Thanks.
Massimo.

TIG · 18 Aug 2009, 11:25

Here's v2.4

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=172583#p172583

Trapped layer visibility setting error if no pages/scenes set...

TIG · 18 Aug 2009, 11:26

@massimo said:

Sorry TIG, I got this error with the 2.3 version with a simple box model
Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined methodset_visibility' for nil:NilClass>
C:/Programmi/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/SectionCutFace.rb:383:in face' C:/Programmi/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/SectionCutFace.rb:451 C:/Programmi/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/SectionCutFace.rb:451:in call'`
and i don't understand how the plug works with the scene/page transition. Draw a cube, add two scenes, in second scene make a section and add "section cut face". Is the below result the expected one?
Thanks.
Massimo.

Do you have any 'Pages' [Scenes] ?
EDIT: see next message for fixing update...

massimo · 18 Aug 2009, 11:33

No error now, thanks. Real time plugins... But about the result?

massimo · 18 Aug 2009, 11:59

This is the situation after the cut with no scenes added, but if i add a scene before the cut no error occurs.
EDIT: TIG answered with the 2.4 version before my reply

dimario · 18 Aug 2009, 18:43

this is just a fab plugin.
thank you a lot. very helpful!!! saves a lot of time...

kind regards...

Gaieus · 19 Aug 2009, 06:21

Works really cool, thanks, TIG!

(And now... If only the section cut face would also move when I make a section animation/transition between two scenes! But sigh... I know, I know...)

massimo · 19 Aug 2009, 06:47

@unknownuser said:

If only the section cut face would also move when I make a section animation/transition between two scenes! But sigh... I know, I know...

That's exactly the result I was looking for, Gaieus.

Gaieus · 19 Aug 2009, 08:45

I didn't even expect it to be possible at all!
Fingers crossed however (and now all the exporter scripters for external renderers should start thinking about how to export these animated section cuts! )

TIG · 19 Aug 2009, 10:36

@gaieus said:

Works really cool, thanks, TIG!

(And now... If only the section cut face would also move when I make a section animation/transition between two scenes! But sigh... I know, I know...)

I have a half-baked version that keeps bug-splatting ! It adds observers between the section-plane and the faced-group and remakes/moves them together... Don't expect it to be safe for public consumption soon...

bmike · 16 Mar 2010, 11:45

just downloaded. this should help with my longhand way of doing this!

anderskouv · 16 Mar 2010, 16:56

I've only been using SU for half a year and I love it. But at the same time leaving autodesk for sketchup, I left pc for mac and I allso love that. Just one tiny little problem "sectioncutface"!!! Everyone gets saved by Tig, but what about me and my resentance to ever using pc again. Is there anything simular to OS x?! Help http://forums.sketchucation.com/posting.php?mode=reply&f=323&t=20564#

anderskouv · 16 Mar 2010, 17:51

I posted a message one hour ago, but I have learned that the sectioncutface.rb does work with mac. Needed to make the folder Plugin in my libary. Thanks for the solution to a big problem.

TIG · 16 Mar 2010, 18:50

Most scripts work on a MAC as well as a PC.
It's relatively easy to spot the platform and make minor internal adjustments to suit...

lazychild · 22 Mar 2010, 06:09

hum.. I have just installed this plugin.
It does the cut but how do I render my section with V-ray after?

Vray still seem to catch whats 'un-cut' and rendered my entire model.
Thanks in advance.

TIG · 22 Mar 2010, 10:52

@lazychild said:

hum.. I have just installed this plugin.
It does the cut but how do I render my section with V-ray after?

Vray still seem to catch whats 'un-cut' and rendered my entire model.
Thanks in advance.

This tool only adds a filled in section-cut group - to do it so it's cut for Vray etc you need to copy the skp and then physically cut the model in two [using Zorro] and throw away the unwanted half - there's a detailed thread about this already - http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=184604#p184604

lazychild · 23 Mar 2010, 00:19

@tig said:

@lazychild said:

hum.. I have just installed this plugin.
It does the cut but how do I render my section with V-ray after?

Vray still seem to catch whats 'un-cut' and rendered my entire model.
Thanks in advance.

This tool only adds a filled in section-cut group - to do it so it's cut for Vray etc you need to copy the skp and then physically cut the model in two [using Zorro] and throw away the unwanted half - there's a detailed thread about this already - http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=184604#p184604

Thank you very much!
Just what i needed

brookefox · 26 Mar 2010, 00:32

Thanks only. Pity the poor saps like me making building sections by hand, albeit an SUF hand...
(Duh... must try the native 'creating grouped section slices' sometime.)

The fortunate ones stumble on, perhaps to eventually find a real hand up.