[Plugin] SectionCutFace

takesh h · 26 Jan 2014, 13:47

@tig said:

Works fine on PC and MAC for me - provided that simple rule is followed.

I did follow that simple rule, however, I made a stupid mistake elsewhere.
I installed the plugin to the reservoir folder (mysteriously named "Plugins" just by chance! ) that I made especially to keep and archive all the plugins… so it wasn't installed properly to begin with.
Now it's installed to "plugins" under Sketchup folder, and working fine.
Sorry to waste your time, guys.

Garyshaw · 4 Mar 2014, 15:33

Has this plugin been updated to work with 2014?
I can't seem to bring it into the application
thanks
Gary

Dave R · 4 Mar 2014, 15:50

@garyshaw said:

Has this plugin been updated to work with 2014?
I can't seem to bring it into the application
thanks
Gary

It works just for me in Su2014 on both PC and Mac. How did you try to install it?

TIG · 4 Mar 2014, 15:58

It is an Extension named 'SectionCutFace': you might need to activate it from Preferences > Extensions - BUT when first loaded it ought to be auto-activated

Please note that it only appears in the context-menu if there is just one Section-Plane selected.
There are NO menu entries or toolbars... if that is what you expected.

Please read the brief [and I think quite clear] Usage instructions...
http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=SectionCutFace

sokokyu · 10 Mar 2014, 22:54

@TIG,

Thank you SO much for your awesome plug-in. I love using it and it saves me a great deal of time.

However, since upgrading to SketchUp 2014 (I'm on a Mac), I have noticed some instability at times. Have you encountered any such problems?

Thanks again!

TIG · 11 Mar 2014, 10:30

@sokokyu said:

@TIG,

Thank you SO much for your awesome plug-in. I love using it and it saves me a great deal of time.

However, since upgrading to SketchUp 2014 (I'm on a Mac), I have noticed some instability at times. Have you encountered any such problems?

Thanks again!
Please advise what issues, I see none, but you might have something I can replicate...
I have seen a minor occasional issue with v2014 where a newly made group's contents are not visible until you select it and edit, then everything adjust OK.
I have trapped for this in some other tools, but not SCFace - perhaps that's it ??

sokokyu · 12 Mar 2014, 20:09

It doesn't seem to do with newly made groups and what you were referring to. To be more specific, it seems to crash when I open an existing file (with SectionCutFace items), or have a file already open and open an additional file. I noticed you're using Windows so perhaps it's a Mac issue?

TIG · 13 Mar 2014, 09:42

@sokokyu said:

It doesn't seem to do with newly made groups and what you were referring to. To be more specific, it seems to crash when I open an existing file (with SectionCutFace items), or have a file already open and open an additional file. I noticed you're using Windows so perhaps it's a Mac issue?
Thia has been reported in another thread a few days agao.
It has been traced to SCFace [and probably other plugins adding/removing observers], it is a known issue with v2014 on some MACs - in PMs yesterday I was assured that Trimble are looking to address this.
Oddly I can't get it to happen on my MAC
Meanwhile I am looking to recast SCFace to side-step the issue.
Hopefully I will issue a glitch-proofed updated version sometime today...

TIG · 13 Mar 2014, 14:09

Here is v4.5 http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=SectionCutFace
Its observers have now been adjusted to prevent the splats reported by a very few MAC+Mavericks users...
A known issue with v2014MR0 that will hopefully be addressed in a future MR...

Please test and report any further issues in this thread...

garyshaw3 · 14 Mar 2014, 05:23

When will this be updated to work with 2014???
Thanks

cotty · 14 Mar 2014, 06:47

@garyshaw3 said:

When will this be updated to work with 2014???
Thanks

Some hours BEFORE your post, see TIGs announcement directly above your post?!

TIG · 14 Mar 2014, 09:47

It was actually updated to work with v2014 some MONTHS ago.
Since then it has worked fine on all versions for ALL PCs and most MACs - but unfortunately a recently reported occasional splat issue with its observers for some v2014 MACs+Mavericks has required a rewrite - hence the latest version issued yesterday

sokokyu · 14 Mar 2014, 18:47

@tig said:

It was actually updated to work with v2014 some MONTHS ago.
Since then it has worked fine on all versions for ALL PCs and most MACs - but unfortunately a recently reported occasional splat issue with its observers for some v2014 MACs+Mavericks has required a rewrite - hence the latest version issued yesterday

Thanks so much TIG! Will give it a whirl (can't live without this plug-in anyways...) and let you know if I experience any issues!

Oxer · 15 Mar 2014, 14:50

Thanks TIG for the update!!

I have made the Spanish Language translation. Here the file:

Spanish Language File

TIG · 15 Mar 2014, 15:54

Thanks Oxer.
I'll include your ES strings file in future updates... meanwhile users can simply put your strings file into the ../SectionCutFace/Strings folder

albertjees · 21 May 2014, 06:15

I have just downloaded the plugin but it doesn't appear on my windows sketchup.

Someone please help.

rv1974 · 21 May 2014, 07:44

TIG, is technically possible to make SectionCutFace ruby tool by polyline? revit-like void tool?
or, it's far beyond?

TIG · 21 May 2014, 09:59

@albertjees said:

I have just downloaded the plugin but it doesn't appear on my windows sketchup.
Someone please help.
Let us assume you have installed it properly - either by installing it from its RBZ archive or by using the SCF AutoInstall button - [i.e. in the Plugins folder there is now a .rb file and a folder of the same name - 'SectionCutFace']...
AND that its Extension is activated...

Please read the Plugins usage notes accessed under More Info, where it is clearly detailed...

It only ever appears in the context-menu, AND it only appears there IF you have just one Section-Plane Selected...

TIG · 21 May 2014, 10:11

@rv1974 said:

TIG, is technically possible to make SectionCutFace ruby tool by polyline? revit-like void tool?
or, it's far beyond?
In SketchUp, to make a complex cut you have to group parts and use various Section-Planes... There's no tool to temporarily cut your model along a polyline - even destructive Zorro2 needs a single plane to slice along...

If your object is a 'solid' you could copy it to another layer and create another solid group with the appropriate face extruded from the polyline.
Then use Pro's Solid-Tools 'Subtract' to leave what's desired

martinbrattrud · 21 May 2014, 11:22

Hi, I've installed SectCutFace and added it as an extension to for my 2014 Skp Make. It is under the plugins folder. But no matter what I try to do, it doesn't seem to work. I've chosen On-Demand, Hide-Edges, Keep All, and I select only one section plane. The plane is on its own SCUT layer and the group is in its own layer. I've also tried making the SCUT layer the same as the group layer but without success. I'm working in scenes. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks.