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    • N I C ON Offline
      N I C O
      last edited by

      Greetings!

      I have sketchup 2015 and the updated version of 'Section Cut Face' is not compatible, as I open my sketchup, an error occurs. Please help me to have this plug-in for 2015 sketchup. This would be a great help for my thesis. Thank you so much.

      Godspeed.!

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      • TIGT Offline
        TIG Moderator
        last edited by

        @N I C O

        It should be compatible with earlier SketchUp versions [like v2015].
        What is the "error that occurs" ?
        Please supply the details.
        We can't help with such vague reports...
        So please supply the FULL error-message.

        TIG

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        • ntxdaveN Offline
          ntxdave
          last edited by

          Working fine for me in 2015 Pro

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          • N I C ON Offline
            N I C O
            last edited by

            Greetings!!

            Is there a SectionCutFace plug-n compatible for sketchup 2015, I can't find anywhere? I need it and it will be a big help for my thesis. Thank you so much in advance.

            Godspeed!

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            • cottyC Offline
              cotty
              last edited by

              @n i c o said:

              Greetings!!

              Is there a SectionCutFace plug-n compatible for sketchup 2015, I can't find anywhere? I need it and it will be a big help for my thesis. Thank you so much in advance.

              Godspeed!

              Yes, this one, you can download it at the plugin store or with the plugin store extension.

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                otb designworks
                last edited by

                Thanks TIG!!

                Without doubt, my SU experience would suck a whole lot without Section Cut Face and Mirror. Indispensable and greatly appreciated.

                Cheers, Chuck

                OTB Designworks is on Youtube

                6 core nMP, 32 gig RAM, (2) D700 GPU's, dual monitors

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                • JQLJ Offline
                  JQL
                  last edited by

                  @otb designworks said:

                  Thanks TIG!!

                  Without doubt, my SU experience would suck a whole lot without Section Cut Face and Mirror. Indispensable and greatly appreciated.

                  Without the automatisms of other more sophisticated section plugins yet it was this plugin, along with Layout, that allowed me to ditch away CAD.

                  I draw every section detail on a SectionCutFace that only updates on demand.

                  Amazing possibilities!

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                  • ntxdaveN Offline
                    ntxdave
                    last edited by

                    If I select/apply a color to the cut, is there a way to go back and changed the color?

                    I have looked at the documentation but did not understand from it how to change the color.

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                    • JQLJ Offline
                      JQL
                      last edited by

                      The color is just a material applied to the section. You can leave it as Default and apply your own material or you can choose a material and then replace the material that has been applied by your own.

                      The section cut is no more than a group with faces and edges...

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                      • ntxdaveN Offline
                        ntxdave
                        last edited by

                        @jql said:

                        The color is just a material applied to the section. You can leave it as Default and apply your own material or you can choose a material and then replace the material that has been applied by your own.

                        The section cut is no more than a group with faces and edges...

                        OK, I set it to <Default> but I do not see how to change it. I tried using the paint bucket.

                        What the heck am I missing?

                        OH HOW STUPID - I just figured it out. If you want to change something, you need to UNLOCK it. 😎

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                        • JQLJ Offline
                          JQL
                          last edited by

                          you can unlock it on the first place by using settings...

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                          • JQLJ Offline
                            JQL
                            last edited by

                            TIG,

                            I've tested it to the extent I could and I found a problem with old models.

                            It seems the settings of old Section Cut Faces persist to new ones and I get some that don't assume the section's layer's name into the Section Cut Face Layer.

                            This is what happens:

                            1 - SectionCutFace Created with previous plugin version:
                            1.1 - Made that original SectionCutFace with "On Demand" option;
                            1.2 - Section group on was set to an existing layer at the time like "Layer X";
                            1.3 - Group Name auto defined as SCUT-54345.

                            2 - Remaking SectionCutFace with new plugin after reorganizing layers
                            2.1 - Reorganize sections and put that Original Section from "Layer X" into layer "X CL C":
                            2.2 - Remake Section Cut Face;
                            2.3 - Section group layer switches to "Layer 0"
                            2.4 - Section's group name redefines itself to "X CL C"

                            3 - Erasing original Section and Make New SectionCutFace
                            3.1 - Erased that section cut face and "Make SectionCutFace"
                            3.2 - Switch options to "NO" Autoupdate.

                            Section Cuf Face.JPG

                            3.3 - Section Group layer stays switches to "Layer 0"
                            3.4 - Section Group Name Get's correct as "X CL C"

                            The funny thing is that after creating a SectionCutFace group with the new plugin I can select it BUT it doesn't show on Entity Info (The info there is from the section itself, not the SectionCutFace group).

                            SCF Selected.JPG

                            If I double click on the SCF group, I can edit it, but once I get out of it, it's in Layer 0. "Not X CL C"

                            SCF After edit.JPG

                            If I would guess, I'd say some old observer from "ONDEMAND" is overriding the new settings... It's an uneducated guess from reading stuff here and there about observers being the things that you guys use for memorizing plugin actions...

                            I hope it's easily fixable and thanks once again for this update!

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                            • N I C ON Offline
                              N I C O
                              last edited by

                              @tig said:

                              @N I C O

                              It should be compatible with earlier SketchUp versions [like v2015].
                              What is the "error that occurs" ?
                              Please supply the details.
                              We can't help with such vague reports...
                              So please supply the FULL error-message.

                              Yes I was expecting that it would be compatible with Sketchup Pro 2015. I think there's something wrong. Thank you for your reply.

                              Here's the error message.

                              Error Loading File SectionCutFace_loader.rb
                              Error: #<NameError: uninitialized constant TIG::SectionCutFace::DEFAULT>
                              C:/Users/USER/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/SectionCutFace_loader.rb:18:in <module:SectionCutFace>' C:/Users/USER/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/SectionCutFace_loader.rb:12:in module:TIG'
                              C:/Users/USER/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/SectionCutFace_loader.rb:10:in `<top (required)>'

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                              • N I C ON Offline
                                N I C O
                                last edited by

                                @tig said:

                                @N I C O

                                It should be compatible with earlier SketchUp versions [like v2015].
                                What is the "error that occurs" ?
                                Please supply the details.
                                We can't help with such vague reports...
                                So please supply the FULL error-message.

                                Thank you again for your reply, i already fixed the error and installed the plug-in successfully. Thank you so much.

                                Best regards!

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                                • TIGT Offline
                                  TIG Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  @JQL

                                  Thanks for the bug report.

                                  I found and fixed the issues...

                                  Now, when you update a SectionCutFace - i.e. it's one which is set as either 'on_demand' or 'auto_update' - then its group.layer will change to match its section-plane's layer, unless its layer is already set to be 'Customized', in which case its layer is left unchanged...

                                  The group.name also updates to match the group.layer.name, unless its name is already set to be 'Customized', in which case its name is left unchanged...

                                  Here's v5.1 http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=SectionCutFace

                                  TIG

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                                  • JQLJ Offline
                                    JQL
                                    last edited by

                                    @tig said:

                                    @JQL

                                    Thanks for the bug report.

                                    You're more than welcome, thanks for the quick fix. I'll test this asap!

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                                    • A Offline
                                      antoinelepoutre
                                      last edited by

                                      Is it supposed to update with the model ?

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                                      • JQLJ Offline
                                        JQL
                                        last edited by

                                        It has 3 Auto-Update options:

                                        • No - which never updates unless you make a new Section Cut Face;
                                        • Yes - which is supposed to update with the model;
                                        • On Demand - which only updates when you right click, and choose Remake section cut face.

                                        If your model is correctly modeled and creates a closed loop that SectionCutFace can figure out, it auto updates with model. Click the Gif:

                                        SCF Autoupdate.gif

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                                        • A Offline
                                          architect
                                          last edited by

                                          Screen shot 2016-02-04 at 8.49.46 AM.pngScreen shot 2016-02-04 at 8.46.52 AM.pngSectionCutFace loaded from preferences - extensions. Shows up there but does nothing and I get a load error after shutdown and restart. Plugins folder has "SectionCutFace.rb" file and "SectionCutFace" folder.

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                                          • Dave RD Offline
                                            Dave R
                                            last edited by

                                            @architect said:

                                            [attachment=1]SectionCutFace loaded from preferences - extensions. Shows up there but does nothing and I get a load error after shutdown and restart. Plugins folder has "SectionCutFace.rb" file and "SectionCutFace" folder.

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