However, we have not included Section Tools in SketchUp 2014 or in SketchUp 2015 32 bit because it will often crash due to lack of memory. This is because SketchUp 2015 64 bit has improvements in memory management and Section Tools works well. Section Tool is now installed with V2.5 Plus for SketchUp 2015 64 bit. The result is a real physical section which you can then render with SU Podium.

Then the tool creates a new face where the section plane is and removes the geometry that is behind the section plane. To ensure that you do not lose geometry from your original model, the SU Podium Section Tool first makes a copy of your model and renames to a unique name. To deal with this, Cadalog has a has a new section tool plug-in for SU Podium V2.5 Plus users, that cuts and removes the SketchUp geometry that is behind the section plane. Therefore Podium's rendering engine can not distinguish between what is in front or behind (hidden) the SketchUp section plane.

SketchUp section feature does not remove geometry behind the section plane. But SketchUp does not actually trim or cut the faces from the model, to make sections as you might see in a solid modeling 3D program. SketchUp sections simulate section cuts by hiding parts of the model that are behind the SketchUp section plane. Rendering Sections including in SU 2015 versionĪn often requested feature for SU Podium has been to support SketchUp sections. V2 Plus will continue to be available for SketchUp 8.Ħ. Upgrade toV2.5 Plus is a very low cost currently. If you are using SketchUp 8, please use V2 Plus.įor Windows, currently requires Window 7 or 8 and 32/ 64 bit. V2.5 Plus supports SketchUp 2015 ad 2014 Win/ Mac, 64/ 32 bit. For a summary of V2 Plus features in addition to the new items in V2.5 Plus. Section Tools has been included in the SketchUp 2015 version.Īll other SU Podium V2 Plus features are retained.

V2.5 Plus has a better Tools, Analyse method, helping you to quickly identify problems. Also, the problems with materials that has names like 'h' or 'm' are gone. tif files and has much fewer 'unknown symbol' messages. V2.5 Plus solves many of the texture mapping distortion in a rendered image such as distorted textures on flipped components. What is processing scenes and why should I care? In larger models, you will notice even more speed gains. V2.5 Plus's major new feature is the result of months of R&D to employ a C++ method of processing scenes which make the overall Podium processing scenes in SketchUp up to ten times faster.

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