Creating a section cut?

[craigball]

Whats the best way to create a section cut through a building? I have used the slice modifier before but it starts to get messy. Is there any easer more efficient ways to get the section cut?

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[helenistikyay]

my friend

i hope someone knows about it

cause i am looking for same answer

[craigball]

my friend

i hope someone knows about it

cause i am looking for same answer

 

you can use the slice mod but its abit rubbish

 

select all + add the clice to all the objects No lights or plans

[Dave Buckley]

if only you were using Revit or SketchUP

[Thablanch]

Camera slice plane...

[craigball]

Camera slice plane...

 

where would i find that???

 

thanks

[Spooner04]

couldn't you also make a group of everything and then use a slice modifier on the group. Not sure how capping would work out. I would think you would want to paint over the sliced stuff in photoshop anyways though, so you might not need to cap.

[craigball]

couldn't you also make a group of everything and then use a slice modifier on the group. Not sure how capping would work out. I would think you would want to paint over the sliced stuff in photoshop anyways though, so you might not need to cap.

 

yeah i have done that and it gts messy puttin the slice modifier on every object am not a fan.

 

but thanks

[Spooner04]

this is from the help files.

 

 

 

To set clipping planes:

 

1. Turn on Clip Manually. When Clip Manually is off, the camera ignores the location of the Near and Far clipping planes, and their controls are unavailable. The camera renders all geometry within its field of view.
   
2. Set the Near Clip value to position the near clipping plane. Objects closer to the camera than the Near distance are not visible to the camera and aren't rendered.
   
3. Set the Far Clip value to position the far clipping plane. Objects farther from the camera than the Far distance are not visible to the camera and aren't rendered.
   You can set the Near clipping plane close to the camera so that it doesn't exclude any geometry, and still use the Far plane to exclude objects. Similarly, you can set the Far clipping plane far enough from the camera that it doesn't exclude any geometry, and still use the Near plane to exclude objects.
   The Near value is constrained to be less than the Far value.
   If the clipping plane intersects an object, it cuts through that object, creating a cutaway view.
   

[tasi55]

Try googling this, Cebas Scalpel, never used it myself but this dude said he used it at Uni, section came out nice and clean. Good luck.