Hi, could Rhino developers reconsider allowing user to change clipping section drawings lines’ Print Color? Normally I would like to set their Print Color “By Layer”. Currently there is no such option. The lines’ Print Color is always set to “By Display”.
I hope I described the problem well.
Unfortunately it makes Clipping Section Drawing completely unusable! :-/
Thanks!
PS: alternatively, you could implement it in the following way (which seems to be easier)
In the Section Styles, “Boundary” setting should have an effect not only on the cipped view (eg. in perspective view) but also on the Clipping Section Drawings.
In the very same way that “Hatch” setting works!
Rhino 8.1
Clipping Section Drawing, as far as I understand it, is meant for representation of a 3d object.
If such 2d representation is limited in terms of colors (no way to set its print color), then I claim it is a major flaw (a bug, I guess).
I appreciate your willingness to help. However, would 3dm file really help?
Isn’t it clear yet where the problem is? If so, let me know :–)
Sending models helps a lot. Rhino has hundreds of commands, thousands of options, and many different ways to configure sections. If you can:
Send me a file
Send a screenshot or PDF file of what you see now
Describe what you wish was different
Then I can look at all the things you send and see if we can enhance or fix this. Otherwise, I’d just be guessing, sending you a new build, and hoping we guessed correctly.
Hello @brian ,
I believe this is related to what Michal is talking about. I have print preview ON on the layout view, and instead of section styles using the pattern color, it is using whatever color is set for the print color for the layer. I want the section to be white as seen on my screenshot, I have white set as the pattern color but instead (with the print preview on) the section turns black since that’s what I set the print color to be for the layer. I am using clipping section views to produce the drawing.
It would be nice to have the drawing printed while following the set color for the pattern and boundary.
my current Solution is to use ExtractClippingSections with ‘hatch’ set on and curves set off, this gives me a copy of the section style hatching that doesn’t get affected by the layer print color, unfortunately, it is not dynamic so I have to reuse the command every time I change the clipping plane/section location.
