Rhino 8 introduce the new Section Style property to Objects and Layers. It includes hatch, fill and boundary settings. With this feature, it is now possible to illustrate different section styles of various objects using one clipping plane. [image] Workflow: Step One: Select objects. In the Pro…

Try ClippingDrawings command. Here is a quick video: [New in Rhino 8 | Dynamic Vector Drawings in Rhino 8]

[image] Jan_Feichtinger: For example a wall sublayer could be 0.3 at 1/50 and 0.1 at 1/200. I see. On the flip side this will make the list of sections layers very big and harder to manage. I think it worth continuing to consider a good solution to solve the issue you are presenting. Maybe a…

Is it planned for future updates to be able to predefine the section styles, similar to a hatch etc., so that you can access them directly without having to define them again each time?

[image] Bjornsmolarek: Is it planned for future updates to be able to predefine the section styles, similar to a hatch etc., so that you can access them directly without having to define them again each time? Yes. Slotted for the next version here…

Hi Rajaa, Will that be v8.x or v9.x? And will section styles also be integrated in the rhino tap within GH at anytime? Thank you :slight_smile:

[image] Mse: Will that be v8.x or v9.x? It is slated for the Rhino WIP (version 9) [image] Mse: will section styles also be integrated in the rhino tap within GH at anytime @AndyPayne can you help?

[image] Rajaa Issa: It is slated for the Rhino WIP (version 9) MEGA bummer. So the idea is to set section options for each layer individually, or by selecting multiple layers? “Custom” doesn’t tell us enough. This is way too much brain damage to implement a fundamentally good thing

[image] Mse: And will section styles also be integrated in the rhino tap within GH at anytime? Adding section planes (and styles) to the grasshopper toolset is on our roadmap (although we have not begun work on it). I’m not sure if this feature would go into Rhino 8 or Rhino 9. Most new featu…

I decided to take this comment back, but generally, there are things in Rhino that are presented as new tools and workflows but they are a few years of development away from being feature-rich enough so one can avoid tiring workarounds.

Appreciate your quick response, Too bad this Rhino 8 feature will probably not make it. Its the only layer attribute missing for making these components very useful :frowning: [image] [image] Moby Dk: I decided to take this comment back, but generally, there are things in Rhino that are prese…

Hi everybody, I’ve just downloaded rhino 8. I’m testing the Clipping Planes tools. Is there a fast/easy way to extract the section lines including also what is behind the Clipping Plane? If I use “make 2d” I obviously lose all the hatches and the combine use of extraction of the Cllipping Plane …

Rhino 8 Feature: Section Styles

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homer.garciasantana (Homer Garcia Santana) May 2, 2025, 9:47am 76

I was glad to see someone mention the Make2D. As it would be handy to keep the properties in the same way Make2D works. Object properties>Maintain source layers
So in this way source Layer, Name, ect can be keept. Maybe as a sublayer.

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