@brokenstaral said:

...in fact i find the section-cut ruby isn't as much useful as i had expected...

It is (or can be) indeed very useful. True it is mainly useful for a SU output but keep in mind that section cuts cannot be exported into any rendering apps.

SectionCutFace actually creates a group which (or the different faces of which) you can paint just like any other face OR use it as a "saw" to intersect your geometry and still keep a face after you deleted unwanted geometry. Now this cut cafe can already be exported (otherwise you would end up with hollow geometry and a bunch of back faces that export awfully into other apps).

perfect. exactly what I was looking for. Cheers

@watkins said:

Many thanks for taking the time to put it together.

I'm glad to hear the instructions were sufficiently clear (the second time around) 😄

@watkins said:

...it never crossed my mind to use a texture to create geometry on a curved surface...

I refined the process while producing geometry on troublesome curved aircraft surfaces (my X-15 rocket planes in the 3D Warehouse.) Most geometry could be produced with (faster) intersections, as first attempted by theolwakachangchang, but sometimes a new approach must be devised.

Regards,
Taff

@theolwakachangchang said:

... one more question though, what affect is turning off "Use Harware Acceleration" going to cause me?

3D screen output is not calculated by the GPU of the video card but has to be emulated in software by the already occupied CPU... which leads to a significant speed decrease especially with larger models, i.e. no "realtime" rotating etc.

hth,
Norbert