I figured out how to use the Clipping Plane in a 2d drawing. I put a solid of the part on the 3 view drawing and used the Clipping Plane. I also realized that if I want an ISO view of the part on the drawing that I need to position that image of the part clear of the clipping plane.
(Maybe there is a better way, but this seems to work…)
My question now is how do I add the lines and arrows that will call out the section cut?
Here is a tool I’ve had for a while, but have just recently re-written in Python. I took that opportunity to add a bit more functionality. Check it out:
Wow. That is very cool. I’m a total newbie, so is this just a "plug in"
for Rhino 5? I would love to give it a try.
As of now, I am basically doing a “Dimension > Make 2-D Drawing”, putting
my title block/layout around it. I can see how I’d put some of these
section views into the layout, too, but since your tool works on the
polyshape, I guess I would be creating my own three view with 3 copies of
my part at different views…
(As an aside, sometimes the ISO view does not turn out right so I end up
putting a part in the drawing layout that I can manipulate more easily.)
Also, when you put those “steps” in the section so you catch both bolts and
the center hole, should the section view show vertical lines? Just
curious, this is probable more of a drafting standards question…
Yeah, I’m posting a lot of videos for internal use, so I had to clean out some space to keep it free. This one probably got dumped in the process. If I get some time I will make another video and post the link here.