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    [plugin] realSection v0.6 Béta (Updated 9/8/2014)

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      errror404
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      @unknownuser said:

      @dave r said:

      Any chance you could actually tell us what you are doing in the video. It's difficult to read the menu items and so on due to the compression of the video.

      I'm trying to follow your PDF instructions. When I choose Make realSection, I can give the section a name but there's no new layer created as stated in the instructions. I think there are enough folks having difficulty getting this to work that there must be a defect that needs to be fixed.

      If I know what's going wrong then I can fix it. Can you open your ruby console when you are trying to run realSection and give me the errors that show up.

      regards,

      Guy

      748115
      748123
      Error; #<NoMethodError; undefined method `hide_Outliner_MI' for RealSections;Module>
      (eval);614;in `updaterealSection'
      (eval);774
      
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        Dave R
        last edited by

        At Define Material

        748115
        748123
        

        At Make realSection

        Error; #<NoMethodError; undefined method `hide_Outliner_MI' for RealSections;Module>
        (eval);1722;in `updaterealSection'
        (eval);1882
        (eval);1722;in `call'
        (eval);1722
        

        At Show realSection

        748115
        748123
        

        At Update realSection

        748115
        748123
        Error; #<NoMethodError; undefined method `hide_Outliner_MI' for RealSections;Module>
        (eval);1722;in `updaterealSection'
        (eval);1894
        (eval);1722;in `call'
        (eval);1722
        

        FWIW, the Outliner wasn't open to begin with.

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          GWD
          last edited by

          @dave r said:

          At Define Material

          748115
          > 748123
          

          At Make realSection

          Error; #<NoMethodError; undefined method `hide_Outliner_MI' for RealSections;Module>
          > (eval);1722;in `updaterealSection'
          > (eval);1882
          > (eval);1722;in `call'
          > (eval);1722
          

          At Show realSection

          748115
          > 748123
          

          At Update realSection

          748115
          > 748123
          > Error; #<NoMethodError; undefined method `hide_Outliner_MI' for RealSections;Module>
          > (eval);1722;in `updaterealSection'
          > (eval);1894
          > (eval);1722;in `call'
          > (eval);1722
          

          FWIW, the Outliner wasn't open to begin with.

          Thanks I try to fix it asap

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            GWD
            last edited by

            There was a small problem with version 0.3. This is now solved in realSection v0.4. I hope you will still enjoy realSection!
            I tested it on SU7 en SU8 and it should work on both version without a problem.

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              Jim
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              Is the problem because the plugin relies on Windows-specific libraries (Win32API.so) which are incompatible with Mac OS?

              Hi

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                GWD
                last edited by

                @jim said:

                Is the problem because the plugin relies on Windows-specific libraries (Win32API.so) which are incompatible with Mac OS?

                No plugin check if it's a PC or a MAC. But the problem should be fixed.

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                • Dave RD Offline
                  Dave R
                  last edited by

                  That seems to work now although, curiously, the faces don't align accurately with the section cut. See the attached model and zoom in close to the corners. And it seems the materials must already be defined in the model before starting to create the realSections. Is that right? I added the material called _Blue after creating the realSections. The name shows up in the list for defining materials but after selecting it for one group and updating the realSections the face disappeared. When I set it back to the brownish color, the face was recreated.


                  Section.skp

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                    GWD
                    last edited by

                    @dave r said:

                    That seems to work now although, curiously, the faces don't align accurately with the section cut. See the attached model and zoom in close to the corners. And it seems the materials must already be defined in the model before starting to create the realSections. Is that right? I added the material called _Blue after creating the realSections. The name shows up in the list for defining materials but after selecting it for one group and updating the realSections the face disappeared. When I set it back to the brownish color, the face was recreated.

                    That the section faces don't align is normal, because i place the faces a little before and a little behind the sectionplane. But because you work in other units the gap is to big. I try to solve the unit problem asap.

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                      GWD
                      last edited by

                      @dave r said:

                      That seems to work now although, curiously, the faces don't align accurately with the section cut. See the attached model and zoom in close to the corners. And it seems the materials must already be defined in the model before starting to create the realSections. Is that right? I added the material called _Blue after creating the realSections. The name shows up in the list for defining materials but after selecting it for one group and updating the realSections the face disappeared. When I set it back to the brownish color, the face was recreated.

                      Problem solved in v0.5
                      There will always be a very little displacement because it's impossible to put a face on the sectionplane without display problems.

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                      • Dave RD Offline
                        Dave R
                        last edited by

                        Thanks. I'll give it a try.

                        I wonder why it isn't possible for your script to put the face on the section plane in exactly the right spot. TIG's SectionCutFace seems to do it exactly right every time.

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                          GWD
                          last edited by

                          @dave r said:

                          Thanks. I'll give it a try.

                          I wonder why it isn't possible for your script to put the face on the section plane in exactly the right spot. TIG's SectionCutFace seems to do it exactly right every time.

                          Dave, now it's in the right spot like TIG's SectionCutFace. But also TIG plugin is moved a little bit.

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                            errror404
                            last edited by

                            I would like to report that the issues that I was having early are now gone (since the new update).

                            Thanks!

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                              ladcwei
                              last edited by

                              Thinks for GWydouw's hardwork,this plugin works now.
                              But I think there is a problem remaining :sometimes when I zoom out ,the realsection layer would disppear like this:
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                              2.jpg
                              I guess the reason of this should be the realsection layer and the section plan at the same plan,then when I zoom out ,the section plan works......

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                                ladcwei
                                last edited by

                                And I find this version only works for groups in Su7,if the section plan goes through the components,there is no result......

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                                  schnydix
                                  last edited by

                                  hi i tried aut your plugin real section
                                  if i open the test file it works fine
                                  but my own solids would never shown a real section i Played around with 4 hours
                                  I make a solid right click on it and i have NO Dropdown (Arrow) menu. What make i wrong?
                                  Win xp su8
                                  can i make my own Hatching and rename it later in a version?

                                  And Thank you for the great idea and the work


                                  SN-0001.jpg

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                                    GWD
                                    last edited by

                                    @schnydix said:

                                    hi i tried aut your plugin real section
                                    if i open the test file it works fine
                                    but my own solids would never shown a real section i Played around with 4 hours
                                    I make a solid right click on it and i have NO Dropdown (Arrow) menu. What make i wrong?
                                    Win xp su8
                                    can i make my own Hatching and rename it later in a version?

                                    And Thank you for the great idea and the work

                                    Yes you can make your own materials just see that the material name starts with '_'

                                    Guy

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                                      paddyclown
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                                      @unclex said:

                                      Can't Choose Materials...
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                                      Hi there, i just tried v.06beta in su7 and su8 and in both can't select material. In 8 i can get it to make a section that has a black fill... infact it is a group in a group sou you can go in and manually change the face material as a workaround. & in 8 if I dont make a perfect group from scratch it won't work at all...
                                      The idea is a wonderful one, so all I can say is bravo for doing this, & I hope that a really stable fully functioning version will see the light of day ! Maybe my problems (as so often) come from Vista & it's in french so Program Files folder is seen as "Programmes" which seems to f up lots of plugin's who look for precise path names in english... Vista also seems to make copies of some (but not all ?) plugins in another deeply hidden folder... some days I hate microsoft but heh...

                                      Anyway, do keep up the good work !
                                      All the best & happy new year

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                                        schnydix
                                        last edited by

                                        Thanks for the fast answer GWydouw GREAT Support
                                        Sometimes is my iq just some points higher as the actual room temperature
                                        its enough to survive but too less for your great work

                                        Thanks again

                                        Can i translate this plugin for you to german?
                                        best-off@gmx.net

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                                          tomb85
                                          last edited by

                                          This is really a nice plugin. I've been looking for a plugin like this for a long time. 😄
                                          Also many thanks for the section-hatch materials.

                                          I don't have any experience with ruby scripting, but maybe an extra useful feature would be if you could assign a lineweight thickness to the group/material that is sectioned? Maybe trough an extra parameter that can be entered in the "define realSection material"-popup window. With this you could get a better readability of construction drawings. In the "SectionCutFace.rb"-plugin this is possible, but only for the whole section plane.
                                          For example: walls could have thickness 5, furniture thickness 3, etc...

                                          greetings from a fellow belgian 😉

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                                            GWD
                                            last edited by

                                            @tomb85 said:

                                            This is really a nice plugin. I've been looking for a plugin like this for a long time. 😄
                                            Also many thanks for the section-hatch materials.

                                            I don't have any experience with ruby scripting, but maybe an extra useful feature would be if you could assign a lineweight thickness to the group/material that is sectioned? Maybe trough an extra parameter that can be entered in the "define realSection material"-popup window. With this you could get a better readability of construction drawings. In the "SectionCutFace.rb"-plugin this is possible, but only for the whole section plane.
                                            For example: walls could have thickness 5, furniture thickness 3, etc...

                                            greetings from a fellow belgian 😉

                                            Good idea. I try to put this in the next version.

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