It’s no secret that SketchUp is a great design tool, but our team had some problems using it. We are an interior design team and we use SketchUp to design everything about their private homes for our clients.Now, as our business grows, our need for the function of section box is increasing day by d…

The section tool is a 2D feature in a 3D world. Yes it has its place in documentation, but as modelling becomes increasingly detailed the section tool also needs to move into the 3D domain to quickly deliver constrained views. I do think representative section fills is and will be the biggest chall…

@AceCCM Do you mean something like that: [image] If so, I absolutely back you up on that. The integration of such functionality in Sketchup would be great. Achieving that involves work arounds way too heavy to be viable on big models. Or simply destructive. But I get your point for the toll ta…

I have an opposite view of what the Section Box in your image should be doing. For me I think it should be the other way round e.g. the box retains the contents. There is merit to both options. I just think that the primary need is limiting the elements outside the box to allow the user to focus on …

[image] DGSketcher: I have an opposite view of what the Section Box in your image should be doing. both ? both. The same way a section plane can be flipped to look one way or the other, a section box should be switch-able to either show or hide content. as you say, like a boolean tool that w…

Moved this revived thread to feature requests. +1 for this idea of a “shaped section”. No reason it could not be reversible like current section planes to cut inward or outward. This same tool could also be used to create adjustable nondestructive voids in geometry. Imagine a “box section” groupe…

If I remember correctly, Navisworks allows for two “cutting planes” defining a visible slice of the model. For SketchUp, I am thinking of adding a contextual menu for an existing cutting plane with switches to specify single plane or double plane and, for each plane (when double is selected), a swi…

[image] DGSketcher: the box retains the contents I agree with you. Scan Essentials already does it so it would not be a problem to include in SketchUp

[image] DGSketcher: box retains the contents Yes this one is useful too, but there is an easy workaround for that already. A cube with nested section plans: [image] This is scalable and quite easy to manipulate, [image] Provided that you then put your geometry INSIDE that hierarchy tree…

[image] ateliernab: both ? both. Yes to that. [image] endlessfix: +1 for this idea of a “shaped section” Now a “Shaped section” not limited to a box shape would be a step even further. To keep things relatively humble, even an “editable” 6 sides box would open nice possiblities, and …

Is it possible for SketchUp to add a section box feature in a future release

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endlessfix December 30, 2024, 6:40pm 17

Interesting timing.

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Is it possible for SketchUp to add a section box feature in a future release

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