Sketchup Section Plane

I saved the file with the section plane hidden.

Sketchup section plane. I am very sketchup savvy but this is driving me crazy. In this sketchup tutorial we cover how to create section in sketchup. Click on the section plane icon to open the place section plane window.

I am dealing with a very complex model and have taken a single section cut. In a 3d model an active section plane hides everything on one side of the plane as shown in the following figure. You can use section planes for all types of applications.

Type in a name and symbol for your section and hit enter place section plane. For older versions of sketchup you must manually create a section plane with the section plane tool in sketchup and then query the entities array to find the sectionplane object. Move the section plane tool around your model.

The sectionplane class represents a section plane in a sketchup model. You can also activate section plane by choosing its icon. I hid the section plane to export a clear image as to not have the gray haze over everything.

Note that prior to sketchup 2014 there was no way to create a sectionplane object using ruby. Checkout more of our free sketchup tutorials with video and written explanations here. You can use section planes for all types of applications.

Before you begin placing sections in sketchup it s important to think about naming them in a way that makes sense for your model. When i open it back up i am unable to unhide the section plane. To add a section plane follow these steps.