Sectiontools (R8) issue placement point and layernames

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For a new project we are checking the possibilities of Sectiontools Integrated (Rhino8) again. We have used it several times on other projects and run into a major issue - but is miraculously solved (link).

Currently we got some new challenges with Sectiontools integrated:

  • the sectiondrawings are stacking on top of eachother after making a change to the clippingdrawings settings; I can reproduce this issue by selecting multiple clippingsections and I change the setting from background=no to a background=yes. Result is that they are all inserted on a single insertion point. Important to mention that I do not use the “ApplyToAll” function in this command.
  • I am not totally sure who to blame (lol), but after above failure, some objects (curves/hatches) were still located at it’s original position. Therefor I deleted all clippingdrawing objects and purged the layers. All layers related to the clippingdrawings got deleted (I checked) and I created the clippingdrawings again. I did not delete the clippingsections! I immediately run into the issue that the command line was not showing which clippingdrawings I was placing. Nevertheless, once I placed these clippingdrawings somewhere, the layers of each clippingdrawing were called “Layer 01”, etc. I am aware that deleting and purging the original clippingdrawings are somewhat unconventional, however I thougth that this would give me a fresh start for placing the clippingsdrawings. My next step would be deleting the clippingsections and start all over again (which is not preverable do to the settings per clippingsection.)

I hope above workflow is clear, otherwise I am happy to clarify the steps in more detail.

Looking forward to your tips/tricks and hopefully solve these issues soon, thanks in advance.

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UPDATE on the second issue.

I openend the drawing as normal this morning, all looked the same as I closed the file yesterday. I run the update all command of Sectiontools and the clippingdrawings with the “Layer 01” etc. are now showing the correct naming!

Glad that one of my issues is solved :slight_smile:

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UPDATE on the first issue.

We can reproduce this issue:

  • select multiple clipping sections
  • change, for example toggle between background off-on, a setting,
  • confirm/enter
  • repeat these steps until all clipping planes are modified

Workaround:

  • select multiple clipping sections
  • change, for example toggle between background off-on, a setting,
  • set “ApplyToAll” to yes
  • confirm/enter
    the clipping drawings remain at there placement points :slight_smile:

Alternative is to apply changes to the settings for each clipping drawing, i.e. not selecting multiple clipping sections, but one at a time and apply the changes.

This is a workaround and to be honest, it feels more like a bug. Hopefully this can be fixed in the next SectionTool update.

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Dag Roderick -

Thanks for those steps to reproduce this issue.
I’ve put this on the list as RH-87454 Section Tools: EditClippingDrawings Throws Drawings Together
-wim