[REQ] Plugin to Select Area and Remove Rest of Model

[slinggg]

Hi All,

I've been a member of this forum for a long time, but this is my first post.

I've been looking for a plugin that can select an area in a model (via geometry such as a cube) and delete anything else outside the geometry/boundary. The reason being I have a huge landscape model of a city but I want to zoom into a certain area and delete the rest of the model as the file is too huge. The entire model is really huge with lots of layers and blocks.

The closest thing I could find was Zorro but even this didnt work as expected. And I had to do a few section lines to delete the rest of the model.

Any plugins available that does this? Or anyone keen on developing a plugin with this idea?

Thanks!

[Krisidious]

With native tools you can accomplish this...

Make your cube a component and then right click and save as. This will give you a sketchup file of just your cube.

[slinggg]

Hi,

Thanks for your reply! But unless I misunderstood you, I don't think you got what I meant. Sorry, maybe I didn't phrase my question properly. I've attached an image below to better explain what I was trying to say.

I was hoping to find a plugin that deletes everything outside the box in RED, and leaves whatever is inside the box. This is almost like several section cuts that deletes everything behind it - doesn't matter if the model has groups/components/etc etc, the plugin would automate this for you and delete everything outside the box.

Is there such a plugin?

Thanks for your time!

[Box]

Edit;Wrote this as you posted, but will post anyway.

Kris that won't work if your "cube" in intersecting a group. The terrain for example may be one group and your selection cube won't cut through it.

You could select all then use shift to deselect a section then hit delete, but again that doesn't work if you have a group extending outside the selection.

Ideally you want Zorro to use the selection fence as a cutting plane. Would be a very handy tool.

[slinggg]

Oh and I tried using the native tools such as intersect with model, or plugins like zorro2, etc etc. But its just too tedious. I was hoping there was a plugin that would automate it with just the click of a button.

[rv1974]

architect tools-> crop selection to the boundary
2nd option:
slice model at section (4 times)

[Krisidious]

You could explode said groups and intersect with a cube. or bomb all of it then select what you want to take out. Be interesting if someone can make something to do that.

[slinggg]

Box,

[highlight=#ffffbf:2tbwvd69]"Ideally you want Zorro to use the selection fence as a cutting plane. Would be a very handy tool."[/highlight:2tbwvd69]

I couldn't have described it better. With all the groups and components and layers, any native tools or existing plugins just doesn't do it. Even zorro2 when I cut through the model leaves some elements behind, not sure why.

rv1974,

Thank you for your suggestions I will definitely look into it

[srx]

try su4you slice plugin x4. http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=s4u_Slice

[rv1974]

@slinggg said:

Box,

[highlight=#ffffbf:zeo9zqn7]"Ideally you want Zorro to use the selection fence as a cutting plane. Would be a very handy tool."[/highlight:zeo9zqn7]

rv1974,

Thank you for your suggestions I will definitely look into it

I'd prefer the 2nd one ('slice model at section' ruby),- it's rock-solid in 99%

[sdmitch]

@slinggg said:

Hi All,

I've been a member of this forum for a long time, but this is my first post.

I've been looking for a plugin that can select an area in a model (via geometry such as a cube) and delete anything else outside the geometry/boundary. The reason being I have a huge landscape model of a city but I want to zoom into a certain area and delete the rest of the model as the file is too huge. The entire model is really huge with lots of layers and blocks.

The closest thing I could find was Zorro but even this didnt work as expected. And I had to do a few section lines to delete the rest of the model.

Any plugins available that does this? Or anyone keen on developing a plugin with this idea?

Thanks!

Don't think you need a plugin. Just select Top View, use the Selection Tool to select the area you want to keep, paste and execute this one liner in the Ruby Console

Sketchup.active_model.selection.toggle(Sketchup.active_model.active_entities.to_a)

This will reverse the selection so that everything outside the area to keep is selected and delete.

[driven]

@sdmitch said:

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This will reverse the selection so that everything outside the area to keep is selected and delete.

It won't drill down through all the layers, groups, components...
If used with 'Outliner' and a 4 walled locked guide group, it certainly speeds up a manual split...
john