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cutting plane doesn't show line work created in 3D view - bug or by design?

  • 1.  cutting plane doesn't show line work created in 3D view - bug or by design?

    Posted 11-14-2019 06:57

    Hi,

    I thought first it's my colleague's computer but it happens on mine as well.

    The cutting plane view doesn't show 3D line work that has been created in 3D/plan view. It only shows the line work created within the cutting plane view.

    During editing I can actually see the line with the red dot. But once I'm finished the line disappears.

    It does show points though. And a surface tie and its line work is shown and cut properly in the cutting plane view as well.

    Since the limit box is able to compute the intersections with the limiting vertical planes correctly I don't see why the cutting plane view can't do that as well.



  • 2.  Re: cutting plane doesn't show line work created in 3D view - bug or by design?

    Posted 11-14-2019 13:52

    The limitations are by design.  The help system described what can be seen:

     

    TBC Help  

    Cutting Plane View

    Use the Cutting Plane View command to create a profile view (cutting plane view) based on a specified 2D plane that allows you to "cut through" a point cloud, surface, 3D shell (for example, a pipe or cylinder), or SketchUp model for data viewing and capturing purposes.

     

    Lines and text that you want to see can be draw in this plane.  The workflow is intended to support working with point clouds where the profile that you want to work with is vertical or at an incline and you want to draw on that plane.  This removes the interaction with lines that would begin and end depending on the current thickness and whose length would not be the same as projected to the plane.  Perhaps not what you may want, but its not a defect.

     

    tim