Sketchup Section Plane Too Big
Tisa Ammann
Section planes are driving me crazy. I want to delete all section planes in the model. Is there a window/menu where I can get a list of all the existing planes in them model, pretty much like the Scenes default tray menu?
Also, what do section planes depend on, Style or Saved Scene? Because every time I reload a Scene, the plane is back on, and even if I turn it off and re save the scene, it still happens again. I could not find anything relating to section planes in Styles.
Can you tell me how you can see the Sections that you create? Are you only able to see them if you create a Scene from them? Is there a way you can see them in the Default Tray without creating a scene? Screenshot_30601626790 145 KB
In SketchUp, section planes cut a model along a plane so that you can peer inside the model - without moving or hiding any geometry. In a 3D model, an active section plane hides everything on one side of the plane, as shown in the following figure....
If you zoom out a bit you should be able to see all of the section planes when the style is set to display them. When you create them give them useful names so you know what they are for and can identify them more easily in Outliner. If you want to make a specific section plane active, you can do that by right clicking on it either in the model space or in Outliner and clicking the menu entry for it.
A transparent plane over 70% will block the light but still allow visibility, I assume the workaround you mention. (second image on right)
Another option is available with Thea Render, which will respect the normal lighting in a scene despite a section plane in place. ( 1st image )
Yes, a toggle button to cast shadows from cut part of the model would be very useful addition to Sketchup. Not only for shadow study but also creating beautiful section drawings that casts shadow elegantly and correctly on the wall surfaces.
Thank you for sharing this! This is helpful for solar studies for interiors or if you have a large overhang and want to study lighting for landscape. How did you get your view into a perfect plan angle? I have to manually set the camera at a tilted angle in order to get the Position Camera tool.
The SectionPlane class represents a section plane in a SketchUp model. Note that prior to SketchUp 2014 there was no way to create a SectionPlane object using Ruby. For older versions of SketchUp, you must manually create a section plane with the Section Plane Tool in SketchUp and then query the entities array to find the SectionPlane object.
Hi all, anybody knows how to create sectional views directly from 3dsmax model? I'm saying something like the 'Section Plane' tool in SketchUp. Thanx a lot. And as for modeling, any tip for modeling this kind of building ( )? Desperately need help. Thanx again.
I've never used sketch-up, but have you considered a basic gray material with the "wire frame" option ticked in the material slot? Not for everything - just the walls and perhaps ceiling/roof. I've use it to great effect for non-arch models and it's an easy way to show off what's "under the hood".
Thanx Sandman for the reply. Its my 1st post didnt expect i'l get a reply so soon. ermm... The sections im saying r like those in construction drawing. Im doing archi n its for the final presentation. so far i know archicad n sketchup have that kind of function. Creating a sectional parallel view directly from a 3d model. a friend of mine said 3dsmax got too but i just couldnt find it.
Yeah use camera clipping planes, that way you don't have to mess about or change your model. They work in a similar way to the section plane tool in sketchup but as part of the functionality of a camera in max.
As far as the building is concerned it seems to have few curves; mainly straight lines and facets. I think it should be possible to build the model from fairly basic poly modelling techniques: extrude/bridge/chamfer etc... oh yeah and i'd poss try the lattice modifier on the large windows.
: ) wow.. i didnt expect i'l so many informative replies from u guys. thanx mates. im new to 3dsmax, now exploring the camera clipping tool. From almost all the tutorials out there, they teach us modeling with elevations and top view and its very different from modeling in archicad. Do i have to do the same with this kind of building?
well actually i cant compare them 2gether since archicad is more suitable for simpler buildings while max can do freeform. wat we do is just set the height for the elements like walls windows n doors. freeform is quite impossible. hmm.. Is max accurate in building modeling? as accurate as autocad? i still cant grap the snapping in max.
I guess it depends what you're using it for exactly but as a general rule it's for making pretty pictures/animations and quick adaptable models... not for working/construction drawings... in other words if it looks right it is right so don't worry if somethings off by a few milimetres here and there... it'll probably look all the more realistic for those imperfections anyway.
Section Tool is included in the SU Podium V2.5 and V2.6 for SketchUp 2017 and above 64 bit Win/ Mac version. SketchUp sections alone, can not be rendered. You must use Podium's Section Tool or another extension that makes true cuts in the geometry, to render sections.
Section Tool creates a "physical" section of your model where the selected SketchUp section plane is located. This enables you to use SU Podium to render the physically sectioned model. SU Podium Section Tool does not change your original model but makes a copy of the current model in the same directory as the original .skp file. The new .skp file is named something like this - ModelName[x20130102_1234].skp using your computer's current date.
You may notice that when you create a SketchUp section (which is needed for the Section Tool), the SketchUp section will be much larger than you intended. This may be due to intersection components. Best practise is to first open the component that you wish to section, and then create a SketchUp section plane.
SU Podium Section Tool creates a group called SUPodiumSectionCutFaces to represent the section plane. It will have a solid color so that you can easily see imperfection in the section cut. You can change the color of this group if you like.
It will be necessary in many cases to manually edit the section plane. You may see 'holes' or gaps in the section plane geometry where you would not expect to find them. Or you may want to remove part of the section plane. It is a common occurrence and often happens when creating planes that are intersected many edges.
The SU Podium Section Tool is a SketchUp web dialog box. The settings are controlled by Internet Explorer or Safari. If your IE or Safari font sizes are large, you may not see the entire web dialog box
Section planes allow you to create "cut-away" renders of scenes without having to change the (potentially complex) underlying geometry, using oriented planes to slice away obstructing sections from view. This is related to cut-away diagrams classically used in technical illustration.
Multiple section planes can be used together in this manner, to cut away whichever parts of the scene are obstructing an important interior view. There is no performance penalty for using one or many section planes, as they are processed at load-time; however, if a section plane intersects a complex mesh, it may require a considerable amount of extra memory to process during loading.
Hi there! I have inserted a 3d model from Sketchup into my Archicad file. However, it doesn't cut the SketchUp model in the plan views. It just shows the whole model in every plan. However, it does cut in sections. Would anyone know how I can get the SketchUp model to cut through the same plane as the plan?
This kinda works, but it seems in Rhino 5 this can be done within creating the section. Further. MatchProperties does not seem to work. I changed one solid section hatch to what I wanted. Then tried MatchProperties to make them the same. Nothing changed.
There was a bug introduced in V6 and is now fixed. Will release new SectionTools this week that fixes it. In summary, V6 only loads Solid Hatch Pattern by default, so if a pattern has not been loaded before (using Hatch command), SectionTools will not find it. The fix loads default patterns even if Hatch was not ran.
Does the workflow works for you, or you still have issues.
In general, you can create any number of sections, through any number of objects, and name them whatever you wish, then export their layout all at once.
If you organize the layouts in Rhino (use stLayout), and stExportLayout - From2DLayout, then the locations on XY plane are honored in the export.
One solution to the common problems of section cuts is to not use section cuts at all! You can use the position camera tool to create a clipping plane through your model, eliminating the need to create a section cut in the first place. Watch my video tutorial on clipping planes here.
The most common use for section cuts when creating construction documents is to create a parallel perspective view of your model with a section cut active. The key to getting the scene set up comes down to these steps:
Anyone know how I can successfully import a 3d .dwg model into Revit so I can cut through it in plan and section? I built the model in sketchup, exported it as a .dwg, then impoorted this .dwg into a new Revit family. I then loaded this family into the revit file I'm working in. Its cuts through the model on basement and ground floor plans but not on 2nd or attic. For the 2nd or attic it just shows me the roof of my model. Puzzling! Any advice out there???
But here's my discovery, and this is a good one:
(For me at least). If you import that wireframe
into the family editor and then immediately load it
into your project in a plan view, it WILL cut. And
you have bypassed the create mass process and
printing and show mass etc.
You can't dimension the lines any better there, but it's
a cleaner way to get it into Revit. Of course a lot of
this depends on what your purpose is. And also