Section View Plane
Section view plane:
When working on a project, sometimes it is helpfull to look inside your model and see what is going on.
Well, with the Section view plane addon you can.
By object:
You just select your object and hit the Add object section button. You can choose your section view color and select ok.The Section plane for you object gets added at the origin of your active object.
By moving or rotating your section plane you set your section view.
If you want to change the color of you section view, just select the Add object section button again and pick another color.
By selecting the RESTORE OBJECT button, the section plane is deleted and the object returns to its original shape and material/texture.
For all your objects:
You just select any object and hit the Add scene section button. You can choose your section view color and select ok.
The Section plane for your scene gets added at the 3D cursor.
By moving or rotating your section plane you set your section view.
If you want to change the color of you section view, just select the Add scene section button again and pick another color.
By selecting the RESTORE ALL button, the section plane is deleted and the scene restores to how it was before with the original materials/textures.
Changelog V1.0
- Initial release
Changelog V2.0
- Extra button to hide / unhide the created section view
Changelog V2.1
- Added the Location and Scale function for the section plane
- Added a change color button for the section plane
Changelog V3
- Updated version of the addon
- Section planes and create sections for objects can now be added for each object
- Each section that is created for individual objects can be set on a different color
- Each section that is created for individual objects can be set as transparant with a toggle button
- Each section plane can have a different color
- Each section view can be restored individually or all at once
- Changing colors for section views or section planes is more visible in the panel
- The section view for the scene can now also be set to transparent
Changelog V4
- Updated version of the addon for Blender 4.0
- Added new button to invert the Section Plane
Changelog V4.1
- Solved an error where the created section planes were not added to the Section Planes Collection
Changelog V4.2
- Updated version of the addon for Blender 4.3
Changelog V5
- Updated version of the addon for Blender 4.3
* For the Section View Object:
- Now there is a possibility to add a second section plane for each selected mesh object.
- The second section plane will be added on a 90 degrees angle on the x-axis
- When the second section plane is added, there will be 2 more buttons to select a full or partial section.
This can be used in combination with the 'Invers Section' button.
- Each object that has a section will have a separate collection
* For the Section View Scene:
- Now there is a possibility to add a second section plane to the scene.
- The second section plane will be added on a 90 degrees angle on the x-axis
- If the checkbox is checked, the section plane(s) will be added to the position of the 3D cursor
If the checkbox is unchecked, the section plane(s) will be added to the (0,0,0) location
- A new button is added to hide/unhide the scene section for the selected object(s) while the rest stay sectioned.
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