Section Plane Visibilty.

Dave R

So it's hidden or the object that contains it is hidden? Without seeing the LO file it's just W.A. guessing.

Sekta

Hi Dave,

LO file attached.

Stan

Sekta

Hi Dave,

I can't get LO file small enough to post so have included a dropbox transfer link below. Hopefully that works.

Stan

https://www.dropbox.com/t/PTzWdxLeLD5ZZZYJ

Dave R

In what scene are you seeing the section plane? It's not being displayed in LayOut when I first open your file.

I did have some issues with getting your SketchUp file opened from the LO file. I had to pry the SketchUp file out the hard way.

I do see incorrect tag usage in SketchUp.
Screenshot - 2_21_2023 , 7_36_50 PM.png
And plenty of unused stuff to purge.
Screenshot - 2_21_2023 , 7_38_07 PM.png

There seems to be a lot of identical styles in the model, too. This adds to the file size a little but it makes scene/viewport management difficult.
Screenshot - 2_21_2023 , 7_39_56 PM.png

Anyway, back to the question: which scene is the problem?

Sekta

Hi Dave,

Its the GL plan, the LO file I sent you is a partial clip from the GL plan The scene is DD-GL PLAN NEW. If you try and click on the plumbing components in the plan, you get the section plane.

Stan

Dave R

I wonder if this has something to do with the way FlexTools handles stuff. I see that trying to select anything through the section plane makes it visible. Putting the section plane into the Walls group seems to fix that, though. I'm thinking I would contact the FlexTools folks and see if they've got any ideas.

Sekta

Hmm, Ok interesting. Thanks Dave. I will drop them an email.
Stan

Dave R

Good luck with it. I'd be interested in their response.

Sekta

Dave,

I use PLUSSPEC as well, do you think this might be an issue as well?

Stan

Dave R

Yes. It could have something to do with PlusSpec.

Out of curiosity I copied the building group to a new file and added a section cut. You can see that when I try clicking on something inside group the group is select but the section plane is still not displayed. This leads me to think there's something odd with your model that isn't caused by a native thing.
Click on the picture

Sekta

Hi Dave,

It wouldn't surprise me, as I mentioned, this model has been a WIP for the past 3-4 years. I think back then I broke my own rule of keeping it simple, I might investigate further this weekend. Unfortunately, I have too much time invested in this model to start all over, as much as I would like to.

Thanks for help Dave, very much appreciated.

Stan