Hi @wim
I see your point about sparing the users from having to deal with the geometry until needed.
This already exists if you make the clipping in a detail view, it is only clipping inside the detail view.
That makes sense, yes. Thanks.
@rajaa, instead of describing our script solution I would rather prefer to describe the ideal workflow. Also our scripted solution is not accomplishing what we would consider ideal. Much of it goes into the direction of Make2D.
- Place a SectionPlane (can work exactly like the current ClippingPlane)
- Set properties of the section on the SectionPlane level through object properties.
a. Section line weight options: Absolute value, ByParent (the sectioned 3D object), ByLayer (the layer of the sectioned 3D object)
b. Edge line weight (the seen edge lines): Absolute value, ByParent, ByLayer, AsPercentage (as a percentage of the lineweight of the sectioned 3D object. e.g. in architecture furniture has thinner line weights than a structural wall. In a section I would like to differentiate the lineweight between wall edges and furniture edges)
c.Hatch: Absolute value, ByParent, ByLayer (I know the latter do not exist. It would be great if we could set hatching styles on a per object basis in object properties and on a per layer basis in the layer manager. This should follow the exact same concept as e.g. Linetype) - Draw additional 2D detail over the section, mostly lines, dimensions, text. In order to not clutter the 3D model with 2D detail lines, I would like to draw this in a special mode. E.g. by double clicking on the section symbol in the Rhino viewport (like for blocks) I enter into the section mode. The view rotates plan to the section plane and I can start drawing in it. In the section properties dialog and through a command I have the option to display the geometry drawn in the section mode or to hide it. If I setup the section in a Detail View, I would only see the geometry drawn in section mode in the view in which I setup the section.
For the above to work the following features are needed:
a. Snapping to the section lines - Printing
a. The SectionPlane has to produce vector output. Otherwise it is useless for architectural drawings. Please see my comment above for this.
I suggest to have a look at how Revit is doing this. Their solution for adding 2D drawing objects into sections/clipping planes is close to ideal. It is just too clumsy to draw with it ;).
I will add to this if more comes to my mind.
Not sure if this thread is still active. But let’s try anyways.
Maybe not a new option but a fix that we are looking for. The texture fills for Clipping planes don’t seem to work properly on blocks with elements that include box mapping. https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/box-mapping-different-in-a-block/112658/2. It seems like Clipping Plane fills don’t take the origin point for the box mapping into account when slicing through a block.