[Plugin] Zorro2 (beta)
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you will all love me for this one.
In order to CUT a section within a model, YOU DO NOT need to section plane and explode and delete etc!
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO is put it in PARALLEL projection and set the camera where you need the section to be.
Voila, section (obviously doesnt work for perspectives, but for elevations of architectural drawings this is an amazingly fast and easy fix.
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Man ijust love it
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I don't understand the steps, because once activating zorro, it asks for a line to be drawn?
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@ben ritter said:
I don't understand the steps, because once activating zorro, it asks for a line to be drawn?
Please read the PDF tutorial found on the first page.
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I would like to download zorro 2 but my computer doesn't read the .rb extension. Do you have some instructions on how to install it.
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No need to read anything. Simply download the .rb file at the bottom of the first post and put it in your Sketchup's plugin folder (C-->programs-->google etc.). You will find Zorro under Tools menu.
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I'm doing it just as the tutorial says
first "add section cut face"
and the "slice model at section"
but even though my model doesn't have any groups, when it is cutting "group #n (29 or 31 most of the times)" the sketch up crashes
i've got a deadline in college, really need this to work out!
anyone can help?
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is there any way (tips/tricks or other cut tool) that only cuts the front faces, and not back (and not visiable) faces? I strongly need that
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@chimbalo said:
After a few hours I figure it out how to fix the bug splat, I have a heavy model, every time that I started using the slice tool my model crashed up, I tryed exploding the model, chainging to newer sketch up, etc etc etc. At the end I took all the model and grouped up whith out the cuting plane, after I slice it, and was the solution for the problem, now it doesn't matter how heavy is the file, the plug in ,work fine. sorry for my bad english, I hope is useful for you.
I had the same issue, did the same thing like you did, making one big group and the problem was solved
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thank's a lot!!
just found this amazing plugin, i have to make a final presentation for my project and it has to be ready in 2 weeks!
this just saved me 2 days of work!!!
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can somebody please send me the link download the zorro.2.o plugin for mac?
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This forum came up when I was searching about bug splats related to exploding components. I found a solution to the bug splats I was getting with my own plugin and maybe it will help diagnose the problems people are having on this forum.
Assume the following component structure:
Component_A
Component_AA
Component_AB
Component_ACI was exploding from the top down with a recursive function, so I would explode Component_A, using ComponentInstance.explode which returns an entities object containing what was the component before I exploded it. I would then loop through that entities object and continue exploding any component instances I found. When I'd try and explode the first child (Component_AA) I would bug splat.
I found that it had to do with an entities observer that I had at the model level (which was my only entities observer). Once I got rid of the observer my code started working fine; no more bug splats!So maybe Zorro2 or some other plugin on the computer of people who are experiencing bug splats is using an Entities Observer.
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Maybe you must start a thread about that on the section Developpers' forum
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I have problems as well, I have managed to cut my model after exploding everything and then making one big group, then it does the slicing but it doesn't delete anything afterwards? it's like it only creates an intersect with model line at the section plane?
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Hi there,
I am trying to download the Zorro2 software, however I am just getting a text edit file. Is it compatible with Macs?thanks a bunch
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I am a mac user and I am trying to download Zorro2 for a building section. However when I open the download it's giving me a 'text edit' file. Which I can't save in my plug ins folder.
Help please!!
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@pogo_2u said:
I am a mac user and I am trying to download Zorro2 for a building section. However when I open the download it's giving me a 'text edit' file. Which I can't save in my plug ins folder.
Help please!!
Thanks a bunchHello!
I'm mac user too, generally when you download a ruby file (.rb extension) from Safari the program add .txt extension to the file, you must delete the .txt extension to the file and to leave the filename so: Zorro2.rb
Example: *******.rb.txt (delete the last extension .txt) >> ********.rb
Then, place the Zorro2.rb in your plugins folder of SU, perhaps OSX ask you for permissions to copy the file in the plugins folder, enter your user password and OK.I hope that help you, Bye!
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When I click to download it, it is opening in text edit, so I re-save to my plugins folder with the .rb extension and it isn't showing up. Should I be saving differently? I really can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.
Thanks for your help so far!Hello!
I'm mac user too, generally when you download a ruby file (.rb extension) from Safari the program add .txt extension to the file, you must delete the .txt extension to the file and to leave the filename so: Zorro2.rb
Example: *******.rb.txt (delete the last extension .txt) >> ********.rb
Then, place the Zorro2.rb in your plugins folder of SU, perhaps OSX ask you for permissions to copy the file in the plugins folder, enter your user password and OK.I hope that help you, Bye![/quote]
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Awesome plugin. Works great with the section plane and with the straight zorro tool.
I was getting bugsplats when I used the section plane (on very simple models). De-activated another plugin (openstudio), and now it works fine.
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Karen -
Kool, this will help me get a good section for my assignment
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