Hi Pilou, often times sectioning tools are used as a type of visual inspection mechanism.
The first draft here is focused on that type of use, I will add in a "create geometry" type option soon if it seems like this is going to work for what Rich was asking for.
Hey Michael - amazing (in theory! ;) ) yeah it's just to troubleshoot quickly / show clients how interiors of objects are looking and faces are a great way to do that to showcase solids...I am having some trouble though - it seems the tool fails quite early, (video didn't catch) but at the end of the slider a slice will appear again but majority of geo is just skipped?
Hi Rich, that's probably actually a bug in Shell in the current beta. For a shell with an internal void cavity and no openings set the "Library" option in the Shell command options to Library: Solids++ for right now. Or select the top face to make an opening there.
Try with the attached file. (updated Section with cutaway option almost ready).
I'm feeling that this Section plugin is such a wicked addition to MoI that it needs 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.
If I had that, then I could produce all sorts of good stuff such as accurate 2D drawings for my CNC machines.
re:
> 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.
I think there is a good spot for a percentage control here:
and I'll experiment with showing a point in the viewport maybe if you drag that you can get snaps.
re:
> 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.
MoI 2026-08-07 19-55-31.mp4
