Rhino BETA Feature: Auto-Update per Clipping Drawing

Serengeti (Rhino BETA)
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In the Rhino WIP, you can turn off the auto-update per drawing

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What are Clipping Drawings?

Clipping drawings are 2D geometry generated from clipping sections and can be placed anywhere parallel to World-XY plane, and can be updated with model changes.

Why is controlling auto-update useful?

In complex models, it might be time consuming to update the clipping-drawings every time the clipping-plane is moved. The new AutoUpdate option in ClippingDrawings command allows you to trigger an update only when you run UpdateClippingDrawings command.

How to turn on/off auto-updating in clipping drawings:

  • Run the ClippingDrawings command

  • Set AutoUpdate=Yes|No to turn on or off.

  • If you set AutoUpdate to No, then you will need to run UpdateClippingDrawings command to see the change in your drawings.

  • If you need to change your preference, run EditClippingDrawings command and change the AutoUpdate option.

Try it now…

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The rest of SectionTools Enhancements can be found here…

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A small dot/symbol next to the drawing would be nice, something in between manual update and autoupdate

That indicates the status e.g.:

green dot in snyc,
orange dot something changed
red dot old geometry is gone, update will delete everything

so it tracks changes but lets the user decide and notice when to update.

For production and construction auto-update will be off the most time because it kills annotations.
But it lets the user know if you are stilll in sync or have to check for accidents on the way.