[Plugin] SectionCutFace v2.6 20110721

[nickdk]

how many sides do you think I'll need? I have attached WIP to give an idea of the shapes involved and the detailing

I did a test with 100 sides and the polygons were visible so I guess it does require quite a lot :S

[Dave R]

I don't know. It's kind of dark so it's hard to see.

Does this look like it is smooth enough?

That's 50 segments going around the long way.

[nickdk]

yes it looks perfect:) My problem is that the circular shapes I'm using in my design are differently scaled - some of them are 20meters in diameter so the 'jagged' faces are much more visible.

[Dave R]

That ring is drawn at a bit over 5 meters in diameter but I doubt it would look any different at 20m or 200m.

[ayik37]

thanks sir,that plugin working very well in my sketchup

[petroulac]

Thanks!!!

[ilaliberte]

Hello! I've downloaded this pluggin several times and just did again with this version, and it just won't work: I don't get the context menu option at all!

My friends at uni are using it on the same version of SketchUp Pro (7.1.6859) without a problem... Here are some screenshots to try to explain. The context menu screenshot is from when I clicked on the section cut plane - there isn' anything missing from that menu, I only cut the screenshot a bit too close.

Does it make a difference that I am still on the trial version of V-Ray?

many thanks.
Best wishes
Isabelle

[Dave R]

Looks like you've got your plugins in the incorrect folder. Plugins for SketchUp should be in Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/Plugins.

If I had to guess, I'd say Zorro 2 doesn't work either.

[ilaliberte]

Thank you so much for this, it works now! How embarrassing - but it's good that it was this easy to solve. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

(And yes, of course Zorro wasn't working either!)

[chalky]

I'm sorry but am I the only one having problems..?
seems like everytime I run the plugin SU freezes, tried on various projects and simple cube..same thing
SU8 Pro Lion 10.7.3 latest version of plugin, any suggestions?

[TIG]

I'm sorry but am I the only one having problems..?
seems like everytime I run the plugin SU freezes, tried on various projects and simple cube..same thing
SU8 Pro Lion 10.7.3 latest version of plugin, any suggestions?

I know of no issues causing 'freezing'...
Open the Ruby Console.
Run the tool.
Any error messages in the Console or otherwise ?
Report back...

[chalky]

Tried what you said but no messages in ruby console reported.

[TIG]

I see you are on v7 with Lion.
I know there were some fixes with v8M2 to address problems with Lion, perhaps that's the issue

So... any Lion users out there [with v7/v8] who are getting error free use from this tool ??

I'm also now wondering if you have one of the problem scripts loading that can affect core class/methods ill-advisedly - these include SketchyPhysics, DrivingDimensions, MatchBox and some 'Solar' tool I cant bring to mind... Although some of these are PC only I think... This tool should workaround potential pitfalls made in its legitimate code by these files, but there might still be a trip-up somewhere. If you have any of these other scripts try to disable them and restart [move the .rb/.rbs files out of the Plugins folder temporarily].
Does this do anything better ?

[chalky]

Sorry wrong info in profile i'm running v8
double checked if had those plugs and I don't

[TIG]

Do you have the latest v8 = v8M2 ?
This specifically addressed some issues with Lion...

[chalky]

problem solved

[TIG]

problem solved

How? WE would like to know

[artsnot]

I am new to this forum and seem to be experiencing a Sketchup crash every time I try to use section cut face. I am using Sketchup Pro 8 on a MacBook Pro i7 2.0 GHz with 8 MB RAM. I am not sure what the problem is. Has anyone else experience this?

[TIG]

What MAC OS are you using ?
OSX ?

[bmike]

I am new to this forum and seem to be experiencing a Sketchup crash every time I try to use section cut face. I am using Sketchup Pro 8 on a MacBook Pro i7 2.0 GHz with 8 MB RAM. I am not sure what the problem is. Has anyone else experience this?

Running fine on mine:

[artsnot]

I am running Snow Leopard 10.6.8.

[TIG]

SUFractal has reported a clash/crash with SectionCutFace [and some other scripts] if BIMtools is installed - we suspect that new tool might be inadvertently messing with native class/methods used correctly by other scripts, OR it has faulty observers that are messing with things like group creation...
Do any of you experiencing problems have BIMtools installed ?
If so, try disabling it and retry/report back...

[artsnot]

How does one do that? Sorry, I am totally new and have no idea what that means. I appreciate your help.

[TIG]

Well... first have you [recently] installed BIMtools?
If not don't worry.
BUT if you did, then find the file you installed in Plugins - look inside the original 'zip' file to see what these were. There should be 'bim-tools.rb' and its folder of other files that it uses.
So disabling 'bim-tools.rb' in Plugins will stop it auto-loading.
You can either move that file out of the Plugins folder temporarily so Sketchup doesn't then find it when starting, so it is not auto-loaded; OR you could leave it where it is and rename it 'bim-tools.rb!' - only file-types '.rb' and '.rbs' are auto-loaded.

If you restart and try SectionCutFace now does it work...
If so we have the culprit...

If you want to restore a disabled tool later on, then either move its file[s] back into Plugins, or if you have adopted the other approach, rename the file[s] back as 'xxx.rb' etc...

[artsnot]

I don't recall having installed anything like that and a spotlight search reveals no files with such name. I've checked my SU folder as well and there doesn't seem to be any such script. Thoughts?

[TIG]

Post a detailed screenshot of your Plugins folder showing what is installed.
Also post the full path to the folder...

[SUFractal]

Well... first have you [recently] installed BIMtools?
If not don't worry.
BUT if you did, then find the file you installed in Plugins - look inside the original 'zip' file to see what these were. There should be 'bim-tools.rb' and its folder of other files that it uses.
So disabling 'bim-tools.rb' in Plugins will stop it auto-loading.
You can either move that file out of the Plugins folder temporarily so Sketchup doesn't then find it when starting, so it is not auto-loaded; OR you could leave it where it is and rename it 'bim-tools.rb!' - only file-types '.rb' and '.rbs' are auto-loaded.

If you restart and try SectionCutFace now does it work...
If so we have the culprit...

If you want to restore a disabled tool later on, then either move its file[s] back into Plugins, or if you have adopted the other approach, rename the file[s] back as 'xxx.rb' etc...

Folks ... the correct name of the troublesome script is 'SketchUpBIM'.

[artsnot]

Here you go.

[artsnot]

Could my problem have to do with using Podium for Sketchup? When I try using Zorro to cut my model it also crashes immediately.

[TIG]

You have very few scripts auto-loading from Plugins...
You could try disabling both Zorro and Podium temporarily - add a ! onto the end of the file extension to prevent it auto-loading on a restart of Sketchup.
Later on you can remove it back to .rb/.rbs as appropriate, so it enabled again.
It's strange that you and a few more now and again have issues as it's been around for ages without problems...

Open Window > Ruby Console when running the SectionCutFace and see if there are any error messages when it fails.

Also in the Console type $LOAD_PATH [exactly as here] and there should be a list of the folders Plugins [for 'your' scripts] and Tools [for Google's scripts]; are there any other folders listed there that contain .rb/.rbs files ?

Can you post the SKP that has the issue so we can text it.

Can you also ZIP the actual script [.rb] and PM it to me so I can check it hasn't somehow become corrupted during your install... by ZIPping it it'll preserve its contents best...