Clipping plane

[wim (Wim Dekeyser)]

Hi Robin - first off:

@robinp

Does anyone know if it is possible to copy the geometry created from a clipping plane?

@robinp

Just add a series of commands that are specific to interacting with the clipping plane geometry

@robinp

Have some kind of toggle that makes the clipping plane geometry temporarily selectable

The thing is, there is no “clipping plane geometry”. It’s a display trick - there is no geometry.

@robinp

Would it technically be possible via a script to do what I want?

Anything is possible. And there are many others that are interested. You might want to read through the following thread:

Clipping Plane Fills! Please

They’re still unreliable, and I don’t understand how this can remain the situation for so long. In the example below, the Section Attributes, View Mode Panel, and Options>ViewMode are set in EIGHT different places to display as black. Is there an error somewhere here? Does it ever work? This example is just a simple box, and I can’t get it to work after a year and a half on Rhino. [NoSettingsWork] Almost no design can be communicated without a plan or cross section. Basic convention has alwa…

-wim