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    [Plugin] SectionCutFace

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    • utilerU Offline
      utiler
      last edited by

      Legend......

      purpose/expression/purpose/....

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        sepo
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        Cheers... I have been using this plugin from the day one.... 👍

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        • SektaS Offline
          Sekta
          last edited by

          Thanks TIG, I couldn't do without this plugin 👍 👍

          SEKTA

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            dylan
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            Thanks TIG

            http://dmdarchitecture.co.uk/

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            • simon le bonS Offline
              simon le bon
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              Dear TIG,

              The white sheet becomes black with the thanks we give you at each new script you offer to the community!!

              I had used this one with a total pleasure here: Modeling] A PoorFlatEllipsoidIndian Bowl into this video: SketchUp/PotterSC_S&S_Quarter2(sorry to advertise this way my own products: I have presently nothing better done with SectionCutFace to show)

              +++simon

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                broomstick
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                I absolutely looooove this plugin 😄

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                  AcesHigh
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                  I am sorry, what exactly does this plugin do? Its like a Zorro?

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                  • TIGT Offline
                    TIG Moderator
                    last edited by

                    @aceshigh said:

                    I am sorry, what exactly does this plugin do? Its like a Zorro?

                    No.
                    To see what most scripts do you can download them and if they don't have a separate readme or pdf then open the .rb file with a plain text editor (NotePad.exe etc) and read the first part which is almost always a description and helpful notes...
                    Basically SectionCutFace is a tool that lets you fill in the faces of a section cut, coloured etc as desired...

                    SectionCutFace adds a right-click context-menu item 'Add Section-Cut Face' that becomes available if you have selected one (active) section-plane. It opens a dialog and you can then set options - the cut's face colour, the section-cut's colour+width, the cut's layer, if its un-faced edges are kept and if all its edges are finally hidden etc... On 'OK' it adds a group to the model that is placed on* the section-cut plane (*actually it's 0.2mm inside so you still see it !). This group contains faces on what should be the solid parts of the section: it is coloured and setup as you've specified, put on its own layer as you might want it 'switched-off' in other views... It isn't foolproof - you can invent a section with ambiguous areas of solid/void but if it guesses the faced/unfaced areas wrongly then you can simply edit the group and fix them.

                    TIG

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                      cyan.archnet
                      last edited by

                      really GREAT plugin, THANKS A LOT!

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                        ideas_arte
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                        Thank you very much....!

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                          drewpoeppel
                          last edited by

                          Thank you so much for this! I just had a project where I spent half the day trying to create what your .rb did in 5 secs. Essential for all architects.

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                          • utilerU Offline
                            utiler
                            last edited by

                            TIG, I have a request for this great little script.
                            Generally when i as a section cut, I only want it in the current scene; I assume most others would also.

                            Is it possible to edit the script to view the cut layer active only in the current scene?
                            [Just like Jim's [Add hidden Layer" does]
                            👍

                            purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                            • TIGT Offline
                              TIG Moderator
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                              Here's v2.3 28/07/09 CUT-x's layer now only 'on' in current page/scene.
                              http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=172583#p172583

                              TIG

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                              • utilerU Offline
                                utiler
                                last edited by

                                You're the man, TIG!!!!
                                Thank you sooo much....

                                purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                                  rhankc
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                                  Many thanks Tig. Have a great day!

                                  Hank

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                                  • massimoM Offline
                                    massimo Moderator
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                                    Sorry TIG, I got this error with the 2.3 version with a simple box model
                                    Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined methodset_visibility' for nil:NilClass>
                                    C:/Programmi/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/SectionCutFace.rb:383:in face' C:/Programmi/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/SectionCutFace.rb:451 C:/Programmi/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/SectionCutFace.rb:451:in call'`
                                    and i don't understand how the plug works with the scene/page transition. Draw a cube, add two scenes, in second scene make a section and add "section cut face". Is the below result the expected one?
                                    Thanks.
                                    Massimo.


                                    scene 1


                                    scene 2

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                                    • TIGT Offline
                                      TIG Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      Here's v2.4

                                      http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=172583#p172583

                                      Trapped layer visibility setting error if no pages/scenes set...

                                      TIG

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                                      • TIGT Offline
                                        TIG Moderator
                                        last edited by

                                        @massimo said:

                                        Sorry TIG, I got this error with the 2.3 version with a simple box model
                                        Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined methodset_visibility' for nil:NilClass>
                                        C:/Programmi/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/SectionCutFace.rb:383:in face' C:/Programmi/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/SectionCutFace.rb:451 C:/Programmi/Google/Google SketchUp 6/Plugins/SectionCutFace.rb:451:in call'`
                                        and i don't understand how the plug works with the scene/page transition. Draw a cube, add two scenes, in second scene make a section and add "section cut face". Is the below result the expected one?
                                        Thanks.
                                        Massimo.

                                        Do you have any 'Pages' [Scenes] ?
                                        EDIT: see next message for fixing update...

                                        TIG

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                                        • massimoM Offline
                                          massimo Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          No error now, thanks. Real time plugins... 😄 But about the result?

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                                          • massimoM Offline
                                            massimo Moderator
                                            last edited by

                                            This is the situation after the cut with no scenes added, but if i add a scene before the cut no error occurs.
                                            EDIT: TIG answered with the 2.4 version before my reply 😄


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