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    • G Offline
      Garyshaw
      last edited by

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

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      • Dave RD Offline
        Dave R
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        @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?

        Etaoin Shrdlu

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        • TIGT Offline
          TIG Moderator
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          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 πŸ˜•

          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
          πŸ˜’

          TIG

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          • sokokyuS Offline
            sokokyu
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            @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!

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            • TIGT Offline
              TIG Moderator
              last edited by

              @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 ??

              TIG

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              • sokokyuS Offline
                sokokyu
                last edited by

                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?

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                • TIGT Offline
                  TIG Moderator
                  last edited by

                  @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 πŸ˜’
                  Meanwhile I am looking to recast SCFace to side-step the issue.
                  Hopefully I will issue a glitch-proofed updated version sometime today...
                  πŸ€“

                  TIG

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                  • TIGT Offline
                    TIG Moderator
                    last edited by

                    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...

                    TIG

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                    • G Offline
                      garyshaw3
                      last edited by

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

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                      • cottyC Offline
                        cotty
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                        @garyshaw3 said:

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

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

                        my SketchUp gallery

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                        • TIGT Offline
                          TIG Moderator
                          last edited by

                          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 πŸ˜’

                          TIG

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                          • sokokyuS Offline
                            sokokyu
                            last edited by

                            @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 πŸ˜’

                            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!

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                            • OxerO Offline
                              Oxer
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                              Thanks TIG for the update!!

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

                              Spanish Language File

                              "The result is the end what is important is the process" by Oxer
                              [http://www.oxervision.blogspot.com/(http://www.oxervision.blogspot.com/)]

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                              • TIGT Offline
                                TIG Moderator
                                last edited by

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

                                TIG

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

                                  Someone please help.

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                                    rv1974
                                    last edited by

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

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                                    • TIGT Offline
                                      TIG Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      @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

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                                      • TIGT Offline
                                        TIG Moderator
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                                        @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 πŸ˜•


                                        Capture.PNG

                                        TIG

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                                        • M Offline
                                          martinbrattrud
                                          last edited by

                                          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.

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                                          • TIGT Offline
                                            TIG Moderator
                                            last edited by

                                            @Martin

                                            Can you post [attach] a small SKP containing the object[s] and section-plane that you want to SectionCutFace...
                                            With any other supporting details you think will help us resolve this.

                                            After running this Plugin...
                                            What shows in the Outliner ?
                                            Is the specified SectionCutFace Layer switched ON ?
                                            Remember that the SectionCutFace in created in the same context as the section-plane.
                                            Therefore objects outside of that context which are not cut by the section-plane do not get included in the SectionCutFace either πŸ˜•
                                            Is that your 'issue' ??

                                            Works fine for me and many thousands more, so there must be something simple that you are not doing correctly πŸ˜•

                                            TIG

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