Hello All, I was wondering if there was any possibility to assign an object to perform as a clipping plane. I know I could boolean or split the geometry, but my goal is to do it lightweight and non destructively. There are some plugins that do something similar, such as clippingbox and sectionbox (…

Hi Niko- there is no way to do this in plain Rhino. -Pascal

Not knowing what end result you have in mind and what tools are available to you, the only way I know of having clipping objects is in KeyShot: [KeyShot 8 Quick Tip: Cutaway] There you can assign the cutaway material to any object and use this to cut the model. Maybe that helps. Ther…

Hi Niko - [image] nikolas.mcglashan: I was wondering if there was any possibility to assign an object to perform as a clipping plane. I’ve added your vote to feature request RH-3952 . -wim

That would still be very, very useful.

Clipping Objects Instead of Clipping Plane?

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aditya.d.bhatt (Aditya D Bhatt) June 3, 2024, 10:33am 6

Hi Pascal, is this possible using grasshopper and/or associated wizardry?
I just posted a similar topic this morning before seeing your post here. Clipping with object(s)

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