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    • tpstigersT Offline
      tpstigers
      last edited by

      Can we get an image? I'm not really clear about what you're asking.

      “I have an existential map; it has 'you are here' written all over it”

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      • M Offline
        mac1
        last edited by

        zoom in 😡

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        • JoelM3DMJ Offline
          JoelM3DM
          last edited by

          Thanks. That helps me explain the problem. I need a cross-section.

          || Joel Metzger 3D Modeling
          || story-shorts.net - Animation with SU

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          • Dave RD Offline
            Dave R
            last edited by

            Using HD's image, just choose a standard view. Front view would work in his example.

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            • Dave RD Offline
              Dave R
              last edited by

              It's too small to tell what's going on. Any chance you could post the SKP?

              It looks like clipping but I can't tell for sure. What else do you have in the model space?

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              • JoelM3DMJ Offline
                JoelM3DM
                last edited by

                If I view a cross-section of the above, I get this. I need to show the two plates as solids.


                xsection1.jpg

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                • JoelM3DMJ Offline
                  JoelM3DM
                  last edited by

                  Nope, no clipping. Just a simple problem: I need to show the solids in cross section as solids.


                  csection.skp

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                  || story-shorts.net - Animation with SU

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                  • JoelM3DMJ Offline
                    JoelM3DM
                    last edited by

                    I figured it out! In this SU world of 1 pixel virtual surfaces, I realized the obvious solution. Color the inside of the solid!


                    csection3.skp

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                    || story-shorts.net - Animation with SU

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                    • Dave RD Offline
                      Dave R
                      last edited by

                      Yes. You can do that, too. It's still not a "solid" but the viewer won't be able to tell. And what if you want to make it look like the edge of a piece of plywood or some material with texture?

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                      • JoelM3DMJ Offline
                        JoelM3DM
                        last edited by

                        I need only to show that this is solid material, so it could be painted with any color or texture just to indicate.

                        || Joel Metzger 3D Modeling
                        || story-shorts.net - Animation with SU

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                        • Dave RD Offline
                          Dave R
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                          Alright, it's not clipping. It's because you have used a section plane. And as you must know, SketchUp doesn't create solids. It creates hollow structures. You have two options. Either get rid of the section plane and show the outside edges of the plates. The other option would be to use TIG's plugin to create a face on the section plane.

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