Marquee Isolation Tool

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SHORT TITLE FOR SUGGESTION/BUG/ENHANCEMENT REQUEST

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Zone Isolation Tool

 

 

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF YOUR REQUEST

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In Archicad I can use the marquee tool to quickly isolate an area

in the 2d window and jump to that zone in 3d. I don't have to select

objects then isolate them. I'd like to do this in max.

 

What about drawing a zone with a 'marquee' line (dotted?)

then viewing that quickly in camera or perspective mode?

 

Of course I'd want to render my view out.

 

Also, I would want to be able to highlight the cut line through

materials with another colour or thicker line.

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WHY THIS REQUEST IS IMPORTANT TO YOU

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If I had this 'zone isolation' tool I could quickly select areas that

I'm working on and focus on them, while ignoring irrelevant detail.

 

Also, I could create sections through buildings which is extremely

useful to do in architectural work.

 

I realise that some of this can be done via camera clipping but the implementation is a little clumsy (slow?) for me and I never use it.

[sergo]

You can cut and then highlight the cut line by slice modifier to cut the objects and the section spline object to create the spline on the section array.

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Thanks Sergo - I haven't used that modifier before:)

 

But it does not seem to be able to isolate an area. It cuts

through the whole building, unless I have missed something?

Once you have tried it (or seen it used) in Archicad you will

definitely want it!

[WAcky]

This is exactly what I'm after too. The section box in Revit is fantastic. Working on huge scenes can be a nightmare to navigate and being able to isolate a small part of the model would be a dream.