All language subtitles for 613241-44 - Section tool - The definitive SKETCHUP course. From beginner to expert.en-US

Hello people and welcome
to this new class in

where we're going to see
the section plane tool.

We can find this tool
here in this position.

It is part of the
cameras set to,

but at the same time,

it has its own tool set.

These toolset is this one.

And if in your
case it is closed,

you will have to
click right button in

the upper bar and look
for section here where

this set bar has four
buttons and normally it

comes with the last two
of them already clicked.

So take that into account.

This one and this one
are already pressed.

That's the reason
because they have

this blue field cholera around.

Anyways, let's start
from the beginning.

The first option is
called Section Plane,

and the description says
the row section planes

to expose interior
details in the model.

So let's click it.

I feed the tool, and then
when I hover over my model,

you will see how different
section planes bought up.

And depending in
what plane I am,

hover my mouse, I will
take one plane or another.

Let's choose e.g. this plane

orthogonal to the green
axis, one-click unreleased.

And then this window
pops up in where I

can write down the
name of that section.

Section one is okay.

I can change even the symbol
of that section plane.

I can even click this
up soon if I want

to avoid this window
in the future.

And my section plane is already

there in this orange color.

The symbol is number one.

And now it will work exactly the

same as all the
geometry in SketchUp.

I mean, I can select it
just by clicking on it.

Then it becomes blue
and I can move it,

move tool, one
click and release.

I move myself along the axis.

And then that section
plane is cutting

my model from a different
position, right?

Once I'm happy with the result,

second click on my
section plane is

already placed in
these new spot.

The color is still blue,

which means that the section
plane is still selected.

If I hit the selection tool
by clicking space key,

one click outside, and

the section plane is
already selected.

As you can check. Now,
the second option

has been automatically breast,

because if we read
the description,

it says title section
planes on and off.

Now we have in our drawing
one section plane,

and in this very
moment it is on.

But if I select it and I
use this second option,

I can toggle it on or off,

one-click and I toggle
that section playing

off another click
and I toggle it on.

The third option is talking
about this section cat.

It says Toggle section
cuts on an off.

Now it is on.

And if I say one-click
and it is off.

So here we have to distinguish
between the section plane.

This is the section plane
and the section cut.

When the section cut is off,

it means that this section plane

is like not working at all.

It's doing nothing.

It's just a plane.

They're like normal geometry.

But if the section cut is on,

that plane, is
cutting our model.

The fourth option is
talking about the section.

This section fill is now on.

We can see it here.

Now is blue because the
section plane is selected.

But if we deselect it,

then we can check that the
sexiest fill is black.

We will be able to
change that color.

But thanks to this
fourth option,

we can toggle on and off that
section field now is off.

The section field now is empty.

We have this emptiness

typical from any
model in a schizont.

Let's toggle it on.

I zoom out.

And once we have learned

everything about this
section toolbar,

Let's see more possibilities
that this section toolbar is

offering us in SketchUp

because this is not
all that we can do.

Firstly, we will select the
section plane right button.

And here, first of all,

we will be able to toggle on and

off that section plan as
we were doing before.

But we will find here
new options to e.g.

this reverse option,
our section plane has

some arrows on its corners
pointing in one direction.

If we click reverse,

we are changing that direction
along the green axis.

And then we are cutting

our model in the
opposite direction,

again, right bottom reverse.

Another thing that we
can do is aligned view.

We can align the position of

the camera as we used to do with

normal geometry and even use

the parallel projection camera.

This is the typical view for
using our section plane.

We don't want the
perspective view normally.

One is the BCG perspective
right button again.

And the next option is called
Create Group from slides.

This could be interesting.

Let's do it.

One-click. It seems
that nothing happened,

but you can check that here
we have something selected.

I will toggle off
the section cut,

and I will toggle off as
well this section plane,

look that we have here,

this line across all the model.

I will select it and I will
move it out from the model.

What we have here is a group

with that slice of
the model inside.

If I open the entity Info tray,

it says that this
element is a group.

We can go inside this
group by clicking twice.

Then we'll be able to
use these slides for

our purpose in the way that
we consider the best escape.

Let's come back to our model.

I will toggle on

the section plane and
then look what happened.

The section plane now is longer.

It comes to the
end of this group,

will see what is going
on just in few minutes.

But before that, let's select

again that section
plane right bottom.

And I want to show you this
last option which is very,

very powerful slice
model at section,

if I hit this upsilon,

what I'm doing as that option
set is slice the model.

So now the rest of the
model has been delighted.

This could be very
powerful, as I said,

but of course, it
depends on our purpose.

This time, I don't want to
lose the rest of the model.

So I'll go one step back.

Control set.

I will select again
my section plane.

I toggle on the section cut

right button on the section
plane aligned view.

I will zoom in.

I will deselect
this section plane.

And now I want to
show you how can I

change thickness
of the section cat

and the color of
the section pill?

I will need to use another tray,

a new one called styles.

We will see these styles
tray in any specific episode

because we have here almost
endless possibilities.

And one of those possibilities

is to play with
the thickness and

the field of our sections
will need to go over edit.

And then here we have
different possibilities.

The last one is called
modelling settings.

Once you hit it,

then you will find more options.

And these last two are
section and section lines.

Here we are talking
about the color.

I can change it easily,

let's say red color, e.g.

then the section
field is already red.

We can change the color of

the section lines as
well and the width.

Let's say e.g. instead of three,

let's say six, the double Enter.

Now you can check in our drawing

how the thickness has increased.

So finally, let's talk about

why this section
plane became longer.

I will toggle off

the section gut and I
will click on my model.

Then look that this model is

placed inside a group
or component box.

I can check it on the entity
Info. It is a component.

If I go now over the outliner,

we can check here the
structure of our drawing.

We have one component
called Italy pavilion.

Then we have a group,

which is this new group
that we did before.

And we have one section plane.

This section, if we focus on

this Italy pavilion and
we expand this component,

we can find that here we have
another four components.

This one, which is this guy,

another guy here, another
one and another one.

And then we have four groups.

The white one, the red one,

the green one, and this
white rectangular cube.

So the thing is that when we
are using a section plane,

that section plane
is going to fit

the size of our different
groups or components.

And if we don't have
any group or component,

that section plane will expand
till the next geometry.

I mean, here we have
a component box.

If I click on the
section plane and I

create a new section plane
pointing the same direction.

Click Name section two symbol to

this section plane as it is not

placed inside the component box,

but outside, is taking the
length of all the geometry

that he is finding in

our drawing till the
beginning of this model,

to the end of this,

another model, I will erase it.

And then let's do
another example.

If this time I go inside
these components box,

click, click sex and plan again,

same direction named Section 33.

Okay, now you can check how

this section plane is fitting.

The size of our component box

is not going outside that
box, I click outside.

And now we have two section
planes in our drove in,

one inside that component box
and the other one outside.

Imagine e.g. that I want to

just this red part of the model.

How should I do it?

First of all, I have to go
inside this component box.

Click, click, then I will
select this red model.

It is a group. Then I have
to go inside this group.

Click, click, and once I
am inside section plane,

I select the correct position

of my section plane,
name and symbol.

Okay?

Here it is.

Now just is a matter of
plays my section plane in

the correct spot and play with

our different options
as we already learned,

the good thing about this
is that we can combine

different section planes
in the same drawing.

I mean, now we have

this vertical section plane

inside this group. And then e.g.

it could be interesting if I

use inside this group
another section plane,

but this time in this
and other position,

in a horizontal position,

click Section five, symbol five.

I select this section plane.

I move it along the blue axis.

Click here, I have
the result. Here.

Pay attention because this
is a little bit tricky.

This horizontal section
cannot interact with

this vertical section because
they are in the same group,

but it can interact with this
another vertical section,

because this vertical
section is in another group.

Let's do it.

So I go out from that group,

I select this number
three section, I move it.

We can see how this section
is cutting our model and now

look how it's interacting
with that number phi section.

So we can create complex
cuttings in our model.

I deselect everything.

I could hide the section planes.

And here we have the result.

If the width of the
section lines is too much,

remember, we should go over
styles, modelling settings.

Let's say three again.

The section fetal, let's say

again black because I prefer it.

Now, there's one last tip.

Imagine that you
want to toggle off

just one section plane.

Not all of them when you are

working with many different
sects and planes,

you don't have to do it by
using the section to set,

because here we are taking over

all the section planes
at the same time.

So e.g. if we want to

toggle off that
horizontal section plane,

we should go inside that group.

So one-click,

two clicks to go inside
this first component,

I select the correct group.

I click twice.

Once I am inside,

I would toggle on
the section planes.

I will select the correct
one, right button.

And then I have to use this
option and this selected.

Here we have the result,

just that section plane
has been toggled off.

I can go out from
all of the groups.

I can toggle off all
this axiom planes.

And here we have
the final result.

Well, this is all
about sections.

I strongly recommend you to
practice because it can be

a little bit tricky when we are

playing with different sections,

at the same time, with

different groups, with
different components.

But at the same time is very

fruitful because we can
really do amazing things.

So I say goodbye.

Don't hesitate if you have
any gaps to leave a comment.

And I see you in the next class.