Strange section fault (or is it?)
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Hi All,
Been using Sketchup for a while now but lately (perhaps since swithing to 7) I have had this strange problem where while viewing in 'parallel projection' and orbiting around, I get a nasty cross section cut over my view (like my LCD screen is a section cut. See the attached screenshot). I then switch to 'perspective, zoom out and then return to parallel view to fix the fault.
So my questions are:
- Is this normal behaviour? (I don't recall seeing it in previous versions of Sketchup)
- Can I stop it from happening?
Hoping that someone out there can help.
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Hi,
This is so called "Clipping". See if any of the solutions (like going back to Perspective) would help here:
http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=36261 -
I just zoom out, it always works.
If you want to get complicated then change you Field of View. Post here if you want to learn more about FoV.
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@ Gaieus
Thank you for that, I just wasn't sure whether it was a common problem. I am often having to orbit around my work for presentations and having the clipping occur is a bit embarrassing.@ KXI System
I read a little about FOV but still can't quite understand the benefits. Would appreciate a quick run-down.Cheers
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@prokrastinator said:
@ KXI System
I read a little about FOV but still can't quite understand the benefits. Would appreciate a quick run-down.Cheers
I'll give it to you how I learned it, basicly you see more or less depending on your FOV. And it also sometimes can avoid nasty cut through's, I'm not to familiar of it to give you a good explanation.
If you take photographs I can explain it more easier using lens, as in when you type in a lens value- as in 14mm -your modeling window will look like your looking through a 14mm lens.In summary, a lower FOV will avoid cut through's. Higher FOV's will result in them when zoomed to near.
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Here is a short video about setting your FOV in SketchUp:
[flash=640,480:1bxfgdu4]http://www.youtube.com/v/nGCJ9UiXZQA&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0[/flash:1bxfgdu4]
If, for whatever reason it doesn't want to play for you embedded (as it does not for me ATM), here is the direct link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGCJ9UiXZQA
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