Cutting away from section plane
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hi!
if i apply a section plane to a drawing and cut away like 40% of the drawing, is there an easy way to 'slice' off everything that the section plane has removed?
right now i basically use the pen tool or whatever to draw lines along the section plane, remove the plane, and then manually delete everything
thanks!
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@davesec said:
right now i basically use the pen tool or whatever to draw lines along the section plane, remove the plane, and then manually delete everything
If you right click the section gut there's a "Create Group from Slice" command that will automatically create lines where the section slice intersects the model.
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Hi, Dave. Check my tutorial on how to render sections cuts, too:
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thanks for this!
sorry about all the questions, but is there also an easy way to generate a floor plan from a model? or is making a section cut & cutting away still the best way
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If you place a horizontal section plane and right click it, you can make a group of the section cut. Practically speaking, this group will be all the linework that is being cut by that particular plane in that particular place/position.
If you hide everything else, this group will be a floor plan you can even export as dwg/dxf in the Pro version or at least print (to scale) in both.
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hi!
thanks for all the replies
i'll look into these tutorials to render section cuts - i think that's the route to go
the 'create group from slice' option doesn't really work - the lines it creates aren't part of the actual model. if you click on one and hit delete it erases the actual model, not just the part that's cut. hiding the section cut works, but i'd like to have something that's completely cut/erased.
i have a second question - how do i play around with the styles of the section cut? if i put a section cut on a model, it outlines it in thick black. is there a way to reduce the line width, or hide this altogether? i checked in the styles menu, but it seems to only be for the model itself.
thanks again!
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If you really want to erase what is cut away by the section cut, use Zorro2 plugin. It will reside in the context (right click) menu of a section plane and by activating it, you can get rid of the rest of the model.
Note that this is really a destructive method so use it on a copy of your original model.
As for section cut lines, open your style dialog > In model > Edit > Modelling settings (the last, little, blue cube icon) and set the thickness and colour of your section cut edges there.
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thanks gaeius, i appreciate it!
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