@juju said:

@wiskill said:

This year's version was so lackluster they didn't even bother make a what's new video about it.

I don't know hey, I watched no less than two clips on Youtube last night, by SketchUp themselves (there are others), about new features.

Please get your facts straight.

You mean the two short videos showing barely any reason to upgrade to 2018?

At least last year had a "Sketchup 2017:What's new?" video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QDjJ67b3kA&

This year's version was so lackluster they didn't even bother make a what's new video about it.

List of complete changelog here: https://help.sketchup.com/en/article/141303

Layout not registering number inputs correctly after undoing a connected line (poly line).

Reproduction:

1. Draw a line
2. Type 10, Enter
3. Draw a second line with out inputting numbers (either by reference or whatever)
4. Undo the line (Ctrl+Z) (Still continuing drawing line and not cancelling draw tool)
5. Draw second line again
6. Type 10, Enter
   7)You will get a line with a random length instead <--- BUG

This has been bothering me since Sketchup 2014 and prior, it would be nice if it was finally fixed.

@dave r said:

Section cut lines are not edges that dimension tools in SketchUp or LayOut can snap to. You could make the edges of the section cut face visible in the UI and dimension to the edges of the face.

Edge detection in sketchup and layout works for me if I enable visible edges. But I'll have to hide the section cuts via layers instead.

Thanks for the update! Everything seems to work fine now. Any info on what was causing the faces to not update properly? I love the new visibility options btw.

Here's the error message in from the ruby console.

Error; #<TypeError; no implicit conversion of Sketchup;;Layer into String>
c;/users/wisarut/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2016/sketchup/plugins/sectioncutface/sectioncutface_code.rbs;121;in `name='
c;/users/wisarut/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2016/sketchup/plugins/sectioncutface/sectioncutface_code.rbs;121;in `new'
c;/users/wisarut/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2016/sketchup/plugins/sectioncutface/sectioncutface_start.rbs;63;in `block (2 levels) in <module;SectionCutFace>'
SketchUp;1;in `call'

Here's a video showing the error: https://youtu.be/mro1VSwkTBw

I think I don't have any other extensions installed. I used to have LibFredo6 and FredoScale and JointPushPull installed for Sketchup 2015, but when I moved on to Sketchup 2016, I didn't reinstall it as I wasn't using it that much.

Just a short note, I have 2 pcs, (1 desktop and 1 ultrabook) and the problem persists on BOTH machines.

I can't get the section cut faces to update on demand nor auto update. Not sure what I'm doing wrong.

Here's a video to show the problem.

Whenever I try to update the section cut (or have it auto-updated) it results in a blank cut lines with no faces that doesn't get put in its layers properly.

edit: After multiple retries, with any/either options enabled/disabled or named unnamed sections and everything. I can't get the section face to auto update or update on demand no matter what I do.

Here's a video: https://youtu.be/wYZZQCZ1zTc

From a cleanly new file, I make a simple cube, try to make a section face with only 1 option changed, copy the cube over, remake the face and it won't update properly. All it does is create a new group in layer 0 with just the outline of the cuts. It won't update the layer, it won't make a face, and when I choose remake face again, it just keeps making a new group with the outline again.

Right now when I want to remake a section face, I will always have to delete the old face, THEN make a new one.

I've tried uninstalling sketchup 2014 and 2015, and using leaving only 2016 on my pc. I've tried deleting the plugin folder and reinstalling, and the problem still persists.

I'm totally stumped. Any help appreciated.