@danna Rich is correct. Rotating the component would be simplest. You could also set gluing properties for the component and drag copies of it in from the Components panel.

I've set the axes so the component's origin falls on the vertical face of the box.

How are you going to use this model when it is complete? How large is it? Will those corners really be seen? Maybe simply softening the edges where the flats meet the radius would be enough. Maybe hiding the edges on that component altogether would do it. Simple and quick and without creating a lot of file bloat.

What version of SketchUp are you using? That would tell us what tools you are using and have available.

@charliemortenson55 said in [Plugin] SectionCutFace:

Hello!

I was hoping that this plugin might allow me to color the section fill within a certain group while leaving other section fill to the default style setting.

You could have a color/material In Model that is the same as your default fill color and then after creating the section cut face, edit the resulting group and with Hidden Geometry displayed. paint the faces you wish to have a different color or fill. I frequently use a section cut face with different materials applied to different faces and this works perfectly.

Alternatively you can use multiple section cuts through different objects and apply different materials to each section cut face.

This uses one section cut face and two different hatch pattern materials. Some faces with a different rotation and scale for the material, though.

Thank you sir. Maybe it makes up for my lack of skill with rendering that you have.

No need for a plugin. Just select all of the geometry, right click on it, choose Intersect Faces>With Selection and then erase the part you want to keep.

Try my suggestions of softening and hiding the edges. You could also consider radiused edges instead of the hard square edges you have.

@ambro96 said:

Question 01:
It just seems like Section Faces applied to the Section Cut remain stuck in place and also remain visible in my 3D model once I return to my main 3D perspective Scene. They dont hide as per a standard SketchUp Section Planes does

They are just geometry like any other faces with edges wrapped up in a group container. And like any other group, if you don't want to see it in certain views, you turn off the tag/layer you have associated with it.

@ambro96 said:

Question 02:
Can they be dynamic, so if i move the section plane, the faces also auto update in the new section plane position?

Yes. If you enable that when you create them. Turn on Auto Update. Then it will update after you move the section plane.

Here's a detail showing some of the screw threads. Added some color in the render.

I see a major issue is that your profile is offset inward from the path but more than the radius of the arcs at the ends.

Do you really want the "knobs" at the ends to have that corner.

Here the profile (shown selected) is aligned with the path. On the right you can see some of the resulting extrusion. Might be better to put the profile outside the path.

@Rich-O-Brien I'm not open sourcing the print files yet but we'll see. This is going to a friend to test to see if it's even going to be useful.

Cool story about the sock remover. Maybe something like that would happen for me.

@Mahasamaritan said in [Plugin] Lines to tubes:

How can you make Lines to Tubes work in Sketchup 2014?

Just install it using the Sketchucation ExtensionStore tool, select the edges and then run it. It works just fine in older SketchUps.

Here you go Rich.

Full size:

With a wireframe overlay.

The only legit license for SketchUp is a subscription and has been for a few years. To activate SketchUp you would enter the email address and password you used when you purchased the subscription. You should be able to do that for two activations. That could be on two different machines or two different versions of SketchUp on the same machine.

Presuming you've installed SketchUp 2025 on your PC, what happens when you start it and enter your email address and password?

There isn't a free version of SketchUp for desktop and hasn't been since 2018. There's a 7-day trial but you shouldn't need to use that. Just enter your subscription credentials.

A few more 3D printed things.

The H-shaped thing fits into the back pocket of a waist pack style camera bag and the C-shaped clips attach to it through the fabric with M6 screws. I printed some temporary ones while waiting for proper metal ones to show up. The 3D printed screws worked fine as long as they weren't torqued too tight.

This is a sort of adaptor for attaching the bag on a new chair. The new chair's cross tube is farther back and larger diameter than on the old chair.

And here's the bag in place on the adapter on the new chair.

This is an auxilliary footplate with side guards to keep feet from falling off the sides. Temporarily installed for the picture. Waiting for screws and lock nuts to come.

@simulat that is typical of incorrect installation on Windows which prevents SketchUp being able to write the required file that stores the toolbar locations. . Correct installation requires right clicking on the installer and choosing Run as administrator. That's not the same as running SketchUp as administrator.

Are you running a cracked version of SketchUp 2020?

Combining parts I've modeled based on a variety of sources from the late 1800s to very early 1900s. Still need the belt shifter if I can find the details.

AO in Kerkythea under a faces only and a sketchy edges hidden line export.

@Loikkanen123 using inferencing as Rich and Box show makes it easy. You need to be grabbing the object by a point that corresponds to the destination point on the other object.

Another thing to consider is modeling objects in the location you need them so you don't have to move them into place.

@Rich-O-Brien thanks Rich. You're right. The bag adapter thing wouldn't be available off the shelf anywhere.

There are alternatives for the footplate thing but as you say, they are much more expensive. A friend had ones made of HDPE installed on her chair.

I think the price was about $250 or $300. My version has less than $3 worth of filament in it and I can't charge for the development time. My version weighs about a third of the one she has.

@Mike-Amos thank you.

@bzqp The first post in THIS thread was last updated in 2017. SketchUp has changed since then. I gave you the link to the version of Joint Push/Pull which works in newer versions of SketchUp.

The current version of Joint Push/Pull requires LibFredo6 and Sketchucation ExtensionStore..

Modeled to go with a large steam engine.