Hello guys, I must be really inexperienced or just overwhelmed that I can’t seem to find the native cutting tool in my SU-M2017 menus. Is it there and I’m not seeing it or…?
Thanks.
Thanks.
What “native cutting tool” are you referring to?
There is no native cutting tool.
What do you want to do?
You can select part of the geometry and make it a group and it will separate from the rest.
The native section cut tool that’s mentioned in (see attached screenshot)…
That would be the native Section cut tool. Not the native cut tool. Which means you need to use a section plane.
I’m guessing there is a bit of a language issue between many of us here and Abuja. We are happy to point you in the right direction but it helps, when you can’t be specific, to give a much more generous overview of what you need so we can interpret better.
Thanks for correcting me. How do I use the section plane?
Start here:
Thanks again.
Ok…I now have a better understanding of the section plane. I also understand that what I’m actually looking for is a “cutting” or “knife” tool, for cutting user-created objects, kind of like the way its done in CorelDraw. I don’t know if there’s such a thing in SketchUp.
Draw a rectangle that cuts through the shape where you want it. Then intersect it with the shape using Intersect Faces. Erase the stuff you don’t want.
Wow, thanks a lot, this really helps.
Making “intersect faces” a shortcut can help too.
Intersect faces “with model” = Intersects your selection with the model
Intersect faces “with selection” = Intersects your selection with itself
Intersect faces “with context” = Intersects faces with the group/component you’re editing