I actually went there with my Architecture class (student) last summer (2011) for our Study Abroad studio course. It was an Italy class, and we happened to take a trip to the Tomba Brion. I have a ton of images that I took if you need some. They'll be better suited for figuring out details more-so than layout itself (they're tourist-y images).

You've got an excellent start to it so far (one of my favorites by Scarpa), but with the part that you're showing here, don't forget some of the details! This one in particular, is located on the part the man in the light-blue shirt has his hand over. It is located both, on the side that faces towards the Brion family's tombs and the opposite side facing the wall (my picture is of the wall side, since the man was standing there when I took that one). That detail, too, is meant to guide your eye-sight towards the tomb, and is placed lower than average eye-level -- being that the Brion family were shorter than the average height.

Anyways, if you want me to send you the pics, PM me your e-mail and I can e-mail them to you since I have around 175 of them. Some of them are a little tough to discern where exactly they are (tight shots), but I remember them for the most part.

@gaieus said:

If you are using the pro version, why don't you give LayOut a try?

I was looking at LayOut, but in the middle of an all-nighter, didn't feel like messing with it
I fiddled with it just now, and from what I see, it exports the view as an image? It won't let me edit lineweights or anything.

@jean lemire said:

Hi folks.

Why are you not using this:

1 - Position the section plane.

2 - Make sure it cuts in the correct direction. If not, right click it and choose "Reverse".

3 - Make sure that you click the button labeled "Display Section Planes" to hide the section plane while keeping it active. This will show clearly the model behind the cutting plane and will allows interacting with it (drawing, moving, etc.).

4 - Orient the view to have a view facing the plane that you want. Use any of the standard view if it suits you.

5 - Switch to "Parallel projection".

6 - Switch rendering mode to "Hidden line" to avoid getting any color or texture.

You can add styles to memorize the section cut behavior and scenes to remember their visibility settings as well as the perspective on or off setting.

Don't export the slice but instead, export the view.

Just ideas.

You know, honestly, that had not even occurred to me. But I wanted a DXF in order to adjust lineweights in Adobe Illustrator for the drawings.

Ah, yea, I've done that method. I was just hoping there was an easier way. In order to get it as a nice line drawing, I have to do a lot of editing that I wasn't looking forward to haha (lots of curved faces in my model). Thanks for the quick response though!

I am using Google Sketchup (to the dismay of my teacher ) to model my structure for my Architecture Studio class.

Anyways, we need to display section cuts for our presentations. I know Sketchup does this easily enough, and so I set my section-cut planes and exported the slices. Problem is, it only exports lines for the parts that are cut. I also am in need of seeing past the section cut plane. Is this possible with Sketchup?

The method I'm using is placing the section cuts, and exporting as a DXF (to open in Illustrator). Exporting as a DWG renders the same result.

For example, I am attaching two pictures to explain what I'm needing. The first picture (that shows what it looks like when I place the section cut) is more along the lines of what I'm looking for (line drawing is all that is needed - no color). However, the second picture is what "Export Section Slice" gives me.

With this particular view, it's not too difficult to forge the extra lines, but some of my other views are a bit trickier.

Any help is appreciated!