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    • K Offline
      K-TEE
      last edited by

      Thanks.

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      • A Offline
        AlainBo
        last edited by

        Hi,
        It seems SectionCutFace is not able to map faces if cutted parts are in different altitude.

        Here is the model, I want to cut the top of the walls but all walls extremities are not at the same level.


        http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/6164/testsectioncut.jpg

        and here is the result


        http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/9931/testsectioncut2.jpg

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        • TIGT Offline
          TIG Moderator
          last edited by

          SectionCutFace needs to try to work out what is to be solid and what is to be void.
          If the objects being cut are 'manifold' it's fine, but it there are inter-penetrating forms it can get confused! Give it a helping hand.
          It you choose to keep unfaced edges you can always 'face; these later and apply the material...

          TIG

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          • B Offline
            bcblock
            last edited by

            I just installed this plugin and got it to work fine. I want to use it to render a section cut, but when I render with Podium, it renders without the section cut applied. Any suggestions?

            Thanks in advance!

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            • TIGT Offline
              TIG Moderator
              last edited by

              It does render but the the section-cut is ignored.
              The section-cut-face is there inside the form.
              Use 'Search' for Zorro2 [e.g. http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=184604#p184604] - which combined with SectioncutFace - can chop the model along the cut.
              Use a copy as it does physically split the model along the plane and erase half of it!!!!
              Then render the copy model - Gaieus has some examples of a chapel rendered this way...

              TIG

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              • cottyC Offline
                cotty
                last edited by

                @tig said:

                Gaieus has some examples of a chapel rendered this way...

                see page 5 of this topic for pictures...

                my SketchUp gallery

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                • utilerU Offline
                  utiler
                  last edited by

                  Here's an idea, TIG.

                  Could SectionCutFace be edited to allow section cuts of particular groups/components [hence layers] be created as sub groups and applied to a like named layer? That way the user would have total control over what was visible or not....

                  EG:
                  I have Walls, internal and external, some named demolition and some existing. I cut a section through the floor plan and want to export existing plans, demo plans, new plans, etc so all I do is alter layers in each scene to view existing walls solid fill, demo walls not, etc.....

                  purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                  • M Offline
                    mchizz
                    last edited by

                    Hi TIG

                    Wicked plugin, and dead handy for my Architecture course!

                    I have a little problem though, i can create section, but as soon as i create a scene afterwards the section cut dissapears. I have tried setting up a scene first and then creating a section cut but as soon as i update the scene it dissapears again. It doesnt seem to get hidden, just deleted? I have tried keeping it locked and unlocked. Is there a setting i'm missing when i save my scenes?

                    I have had a thorough look online and in these forums and cannot find anyone elese who has had the problem.

                    Any help would be great!

                    Marc

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                    • TIGT Offline
                      TIG Moderator
                      last edited by

                      The SectionCutFace grouped geometry is put onto its own layer.
                      This layer is by default only visible in the active scene-tab, but not in other or any new scenes, but you can switch it on and update the scene-tab[s] as desired.
                      To actually see the section-cut itself [irrespective of whether or not it has a face applied] you need to have it set to be remembered in the scene-tab's settings [Scene Manager]; remember to update your scene-tabs as you change aspects like section-cuts and visible layers.

                      TIG

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                      • M Offline
                        mchizz
                        last edited by

                        Ah nice one TIG!!

                        Thanks mate, i can't believe i didn't check out the layers! i dont use them much and didn't think it would just turn the cut layer off by creating a scene.

                        Appreciate the quick response too.

                        Thanks again!!

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                        • TIGT Offline
                          TIG Moderator
                          last edited by

                          By default any new layers you make manually are then active in other [new] scenes.
                          In code you can set a layer's properties differently, so that it only appears in a selected scene[s] but thereafter not in 'new' scenes you make.
                          In this case it is to avoid the confusion of having several section-cuts-faces all 'on' in every new scene-tab, which you are unlikely to want... but if you do want a cut-face on in selected other/new scene-tabs then its layer can be activated in the desired additional scene-tab[s] and the scene-tab[s] updated to remember the changes.

                          TIG

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                          • utilerU Offline
                            utiler
                            last edited by

                            @utiler said:

                            Here's an idea, TIG.

                            Could SectionCutFace be edited to allow section cuts of particular groups/components [hence layers] be created as sub groups and applied to a like named layer? That way the user would have total control over what was visible or not....

                            EG:
                            I have Walls, internal and external, some named demolition and some existing. I cut a section through the floor plan and want to export existing plans, demo plans, new plans, etc so all I do is alter layers in each scene to view existing walls solid fill, demo walls not, etc.....

                            Any comments, TIG?

                            purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                            • TIGT Offline
                              TIG Moderator
                              last edited by

                              If you make your section-cuts inside groups the cuts-faces are only applied to the cut objects only in the context. So you need to have matching section-panes inside different groups and 'face' them individually ?
                              I can't see a way to do it otherwise... 😕

                              TIG

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                              • utilerU Offline
                                utiler
                                last edited by

                                No worries, TIG. I don't see that working efficiently as there could be many groups requiring cut so multiple section plans requiring individual actions makes it too long a process...

                                Thought it was worth a try... 👍

                                purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                                  a.danielli
                                  last edited by

                                  Hi

                                  I just downloaded this exciting plugin but I don't know how to use it.

                                  to try it..
                                  I made a cube, selected the section cut and created a section.
                                  I right-clicked on the section cut said "Add Section-Cut Face"
                                  I don't know what parameters to select so I used the default and clicked ok.
                                  Nothing happened. I just got a new layer called "CUT-06737377"
                                  I'd like to use it to Poche architecture plans/ sections.

                                  Can someone please help?

                                  Adam
                                  Sketchup Pro 8
                                  Mac OS x 10.6.8

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                                  • Dave RD Offline
                                    Dave R
                                    last edited by

                                    Did you move the section cut into the cube at all? i just ran it on my Mac doing what you said you did and I got the section cut face as expected. Could you post your non-working example?

                                    Here's a shot of my example.


                                    section cut face.png

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                                    • TIGT Offline
                                      TIG Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      As Dave said you need to cut a section for it to add a face to, placing the section-plane on an object's face won't produce a SectionCutFace - move the cutting-plane into the object even if it's only 1mm...

                                      TIG

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                                        toddbg
                                        last edited by

                                        Great plugin! I was able to use it for one portion of my model, however in another section plane I run the plugin and get no face fills.

                                        Any suggestions on what to change?

                                        I can post a link to the model if that would be helpful.

                                        Thanks!

                                        Todd

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                                        • TIGT Offline
                                          TIG Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          @toddbg said:

                                          Great plugin! I was able to use it for one portion of my model, however in another section plane I run the plugin and get no face fills.

                                          Any suggestions on what to change?

                                          I can post a link to the model if that would be helpful.

                                          Thanks!

                                          Todd
                                          If you have non-solids, with overlapping 'volumes' sometimes it can't decide which is solid and which is void, so no faces get made.
                                          Repeat - this time 'keeping all edges' [option].
                                          Then you can see what's the complexity you've generated...
                                          and then manually face/color the required parts that you want as solids...

                                          TIG

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                                            toddbg
                                            last edited by

                                            @tig said:

                                            If you have non-solids, with overlapping 'volumes' sometimes it can't decide which is solid and which is void, so no faces get made.
                                            Repeat - this time 'keeping all edges' [option].
                                            Then you can see what's the complexity you've generated...
                                            and then manually face/color the required parts that you want as solids...

                                            I'm still having no luck.

                                            I've posted my model to my dropbox.

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                                            (dl.dropbox.com)

                                            The currently active scene is the one I am having a hard time with. The last scene is the one that seemed to work correctly.
                                            NOTE: I've told the section plane to hide.

                                            If you have any insights I would appreciate it.

                                            Thank you.

                                            Todd

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