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> some way of snapping to faces and end points ect and/or a way of being able
> to apply a percentage or exact dimension to the position of the section.
In the updated version at the top of this thread, you can type in a percentage or
press the small "point" button to pick a point as alternate ways to position the
section in addition to the slider.
Adding an icon to the tool palette would be the cherry on the cake as far as I'm concerned and I can't think of a better place than the one you suggested, so it's a thumbs up from me.
Thank you.
Martin.
EDIT: This tool is also useful for creating new planes. Just create the sections as required under 'Section plane', tick 'Keep geometry', followed by 'Done' and then use the CPlane tool on this geometry. If you now press the 'Undo' button, then your solid comes back, but the CPlane stays in its new position. ;-)
Very impressive function.
I don't know how I will use it and exploit this potential but I will find...
I have questions :
When I select a surface of a solid or joinedSurf and use "Section", MoI respond "Select solids to section". --- > Normal
When I select a curve and use "Section", MoI respond "Select solids to section". --- > Normal
When I select a lonely single surface and use "Section", MoI respond with an error :
TypeError: undefined is not an object (evaluating 'bbox.center.x')
Section.js line 87
MoI avoid the view of the surface (not deleted but not visible since moved or save/reload.
Is it possible that MoI respond with "Select solids to section"
And when I use "Section" on a joined surface, the result could be strange because MoI have problems to know how to cut.
Perhaps could You limit the use of Secition only on solid and deny all other type of objects ?
Thanks for the section command. It is a useful tool indeed. Often, I find myself drawing a straight line in one of the parallel views, then using that line to generate a projected curve on my objects for cutting faces or detailing. This requires some trial and error to get the best result.
I am wondering if it is possible to have the "Section Plane" outlines generate pseudo-projected lines on objects, as these results are much cleaner than standard projected lines. I believe an "outline" mode would be a great fit for this command.
Additionally, if you agree that an "outline" mode would be beneficial, it would be useful to have a way to retain both the object and the section outputs, as they can be used to construct curves for further modeling.
options such as: [None, Keep Section Geometry, Keep All].
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> I am wondering if it is possible to have the "Section Plane" outlines generate pseudo-projected
> lines on objects, as these results are much cleaner than standard projected lines.
Can you please post a file with an example of the desired result?
Here are two example files. In the first file, you will see a cleaner result obtained by extracting the generated section plane.
I also did another experiment in file #2 where I compared the "Section plane edges extraction," "projecting a straight line," and "intersecting a surface" methods on normal and analytical surfaces. I found that the Curves/Isect command produces the best and cleanest results.
I'm not sure if using analytical surfaces actually makes a difference. In example 1, the curves generated from analytical surfaces have fewer points, but in example 2, the opposite is true.
MartinSection2.png
