Thank you for all the new drafting functionality in WIP, it has been a big help! I do have one remaining issue though.
Is there a way to just draft the hatch from clipping planes and not the outlines of the shape?
When using Rhino to model buildings it can be helpful to have components such as wall be separate rectangular volumes rather than a monolithic closed polysrfs for iterations and client driven updates (see Image 1&2). I have modeled a basic wall intersection with structure/insulation(Black) on the inside and wall finishes on the outside(red) However, I would want at least the interior to be drafted as if they were one monolithic volume (see images 3).
I think the easiest way to achieve this would be for a toggle to print just a hatch and no border. Does this already exist? If it doesn’t, that functionality would be greatly appreciated.
The short answer would be “yes”.
Unless you use the “Source layers” option, a layer for the section curves and a layer for the hatch boundaries is created. You can turn these off in the layers panel.
That will turn those off for all objects, though. In your specific example of a solid hatch for the outer wall elements and a patterned hatch for the internals, that would work. (though you wouldn’t get the lines at the three ends of the T structure in your image).
I have put the request on the list as RH-92619 ClippingDrawings: Merge Common Sections
-wim
The ability to merge common sections would be great solution because it would allow one to still use the “source layers” option and produce an interstitial line in the case highlighted by Japhy.
