Select entities in view
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I am wondering if anyone has some ideas for how to select entities in view. I am guessing Thomthom may have brilliant ideas...
I am almost suffering of OCD when it comes to detailing models, something which, unfortuntely, my clients applaud. So I do hidden line drawings with lines for textures, kind of like hatches... yes I draw wood grain too, thats just how anal I am.
So anywho, when exporting pdf or eps of views of these ludicrous models, it sometimes takes hours, with a constant fear of cpu meltdown as the fans spin at 100db...
I found out that it is because Sketchup has to explode everything before it can export the graphics.
So I thought (and this is the short version):
What if I could select only the geometry in the current view, copy it, make a new model and paste it and then from there export the graphics. Yes I could do that manually by using the selection box, but I want to select the geometry inside groups and components, something that I know ruby can do.
Yet, how do I go about it, any ideas? And is my theory of this method combatting cpu fatigue feasible, or do you think I am a looney? I will greatly appreciate any input.
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couldn't you create a section plan that would hide all unneccesary parts ?
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Thank you for your suggestion.
I have however in increasing desperation and frustration found a solution that seems to work.
Downloaded a trial version of Deep Exploration, a notorious 3d conversion program. To my great surprise it does the job very fast! Opening my very complex model takes about 3 minutes, but then exporting a pdf or ai files takes about 30 seconds. And judging from what I have seen so far, the output is flawless. Literally tens of thousands of lines are outputted almost instantly. I am happy!
So this is just an advice for other users with the same demands I have. Deep Exploration seems to be able to do it.
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