The plugin gives me an other way of making plans. Especially in those cases where a 3d model is complete. Shadows in Sketchup plans are not very natural. The sun enters by the cutted part of the model. This way of making the section preserves the realistic shadows:
It works also on Mac. Thanks Peter (pbacot) for testing.
For the SketchupTeam : realistic shadows in sections (plan en vertical section) is in my wish list.
UNZIP and COPY in de plugin-directory:
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Description :
This tool places the camera in (near) the sectionplan. The parallel view will section the model (without section cuts active). But the SHADOWS of the entire model will be displayed (if section cuts are switched off). This will produce a plan or section view with realistic shadow information.
The camera-position is saved in a new scene called "SectionByCamera"
The generated camera should also work with those renderers :
- Twilight : OK
- Kerkythea, with Twilight exporter
- SU2KT from Tomasz : The camera is moved, outside the model : Doesn't work.
- Maxwell : shadows not correct, shadows of 'ceilings' are missing. Thanks Peter (pbacot) for testing .
Installation :
- unzip and copy the unique file into the plugins directory
Usage :
- select a section plan
- in the context menu : select 'Section by camera' > '.... automatic'
or 'Section by camera' > '.... define camera distance'
- switch off the 'section planes' and 'section cuts' (Menu : View >> Section...)
Known issues:
The image rendered on the screen is cutted some centimeters before the camera. The distance between this 'cut' and the camera depends of the dimensions of the model. The tools estimates this distance (in '.... automatic'; distance proposed in '.... define camera distance'), if necessary, it can be adapted in the second option.
If the applied value is to small, the SectionPlane won't be visible after activating the tool. This is also true for faces generated by plugins like SectionCutFace (TIG) or realSection (GWydouw).
SOLUTION : apply a greater distance in '.... define camera distance'
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