Sketchup Section Plane
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Sketchup section plane. The sectionplane class represents a section plane in a sketchup model. As of sketchup pro 2018 create a section plane and you ll be prompted to enter both a name and symbol for every section plane you create. Before you begin placing sections in sketchup it s important to think about naming them in a way that makes sense for your model. When i open it back up i am unable to unhide the section plane.
Click on the section plane icon to open the place section plane window. You can use section planes for all types of applications. 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. The plan and section scenes in my sketchup model are set up to show different active section cuts.
I hid the section plane to export a clear image as to not have the gray haze over everything. In a 3d model an active section plane hides everything on one side of the plane as shown in the following figure. Note that prior to sketchup 2014 there was no way to create a sectionplane object using ruby. I am very sketchup savvy but this is driving me crazy.
Section planes cut the view to see objects and shapes behind other objects in your sketch. Creating a floor plan in layout with sketchup 2018 s new tools apartment for layout part 5. I saved the file with the section plane hidden. To make sure that the sections style is applied to each scene do this.
In a 3d model an active section plane hides everything on one side of the plane as shown in the following figure. Further more you can use scenes to animate the cutting between the section planes. The style sections is applied to both. In sketchup section planes cut a model along a plane so that you can peer inside the model without moving or hiding any geometry.
You can use section planes for all types of applications. In sketchup section planes cut a model along a plane so that you can peer inside the model without moving or hiding any geometry.