[Feature request] Clipping plane improvement

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[Feature request] Clipping plane improvement

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The clipping plane tool it really good to visualize connections and debug the part or multiples parts.

The main issue I see is that it shows solid objects empty which makes it hard to inspect the part when it is complex.

I believe that some something like this, that adds a different pattern in the face where a solid is cut, would be a very good addition to Freecad.
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Or even a checkbox to enable that would de good to have.

What do you think?

For comparison, right now, it shows this
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Re: [Feature request] Clipping plane improvement

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This is harder than it looks. Coin3D is responsible for building these clipped views, and on our side, all we could do is calculate a set of section faces and add it to the scene graph. However, that would really slow things down a lot.

Coin has an extension called simvoleon, that is able to do just that, fill sections with volume. However, so far I have been able to compile it, but not make pivy recognize it or use it in any way (there is not much doc around :) )
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Re: [Feature request] Clipping plane improvement

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yorik wrote: Tue Aug 20, 2019 1:57 pm This is harder than it looks. Coin3D is responsible for building these clipped views, and on our side, all we could do is calculate a set of section faces and add it to the scene graph. However, that would really slow things down a lot.
Interesting, I have no doubts that this is a hard task. Thanks for your comment.

A set of section faces could be an initial solution if it came with a button to enable/disable that since you are telling that it can slow the things down a lot.

Right now, the clipping plane is harder to understand than using opacity to see through the parts.
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Re: [Feature request] Clipping plane improvement

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leoheck wrote: Tue Aug 20, 2019 1:07 pm it shows solid objects empty
This is a known problem, see issue #1208 (the ticket also links to a topic that provides some possible solutions).
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Re: [Feature request] Clipping plane improvement

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Oh, I see, and what is the status of this discussion? Do we have any recent idea being added here?
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Re: [Feature request] Clipping plane improvement

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There is a macro cross section in the addon manager, but does not work on my 0.19 version.
https://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/Macro_cross_section

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Re: [Feature request] Clipping plane improvement

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@user1234 it doesn't work for me 0.18.3 too. I mean, at least just executing it, If I have to edit the code so I am not using it right.
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Re: [Feature request] Clipping plane improvement

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hi

no problem (Macro_cross_section)

OS: Windows 10
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.17.13541 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: releases/FreeCAD-0-17
Hash: 9948ee4f1570df9216862a79705afb367b2c6ffb
Python version: 2.7.14
Qt version: 4.8.7
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 7.2.0

OS: Windows 10
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.18.16093 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: releases/FreeCAD-0-18
Hash: 690774c0effe4fd7b8d2b5e2fb2b8c8d145e21ce
Python version: 2.7.14
Qt version: 4.8.7
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 7.2.0


OS: Windows 10 (10.0)
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.19.17651 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: master
Hash: 16c26cb3b1cd7209ea8efc8cb30b3b18fd80cf95
Python version: 3.6.8
Qt version: 5.12.1
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 7.3.0

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Maybe you need a special feature, go into Macros_recipes and Code_snippets, Topological_data_scripting.
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Re: [Feature request] Clipping plane improvement

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So, the issue shouldn't be on Windows.

And what about running it in Linux?
.. Hm it is running here at my home, with the same linux and freecad version

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OS: Ubuntu 19.04
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.18.3.
Build type: Release
Python version: 3.7.3
Qt version: 5.12.2
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 7.3.0
Locale: English/United States (en_US)
On one model it took time to open the settings window. It was a complex model with many parts using A2Plus Workbench.

Testing it with another module that uses only the Part Design Workbench it is not loading et al. The report output is this.

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/lheck/.FreeCAD/Macro/cross_section.FCMacro", line 579, in <module>
    myWidget = CrossSectionWindow()
  File "/home/lheck/.FreeCAD/Macro/cross_section.FCMacro", line 111, in __init__
    self.child.initUI(self)
  File "/home/lheck/.FreeCAD/Macro/cross_section.FCMacro", line 149, in initUI
    self.hideObjects()
  File "/home/lheck/.FreeCAD/Macro/cross_section.FCMacro", line 365, in hideObjects
    b = self.oblist[i].Shape.BoundBox
<class 'AttributeError'>: 'App.GeoFeature' object has no attribute 'Shape'
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Re: [Feature request] Clipping plane improvement

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mario52 wrote: Tue Aug 20, 2019 9:48 pm
This macro looks cool but I have also problem with it:

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During initialization the error 'PySide2.QtGui.QPixmap.loadFromData' called with wrong argument types:
  PySide2.QtGui.QPixmap.loadFromData(str)
Supported signatures:
  PySide2.QtGui.QPixmap.loadFromData(typing.Char, int, str=None, PySide2.QtCore.Qt.ImageConversionFlags=PySide2.QtCore.Qt.ImageConversionFlag.AutoColor)
  PySide2.QtGui.QPixmap.loadFromData(PySide2.QtCore.QByteArray, str=None, PySide2.QtCore.Qt.ImageConversionFlags=PySide2.QtCore.Qt.ImageConversionFlag.AutoColor) occurred in C:\Users\Konstruktor\AppData\Roaming\FreeCAD\Mod\ShortCuts\InitGui.py
Please look into the log file for further information
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:/Users/Konstruktor/AppData/Roaming/FreeCAD/Macro/cross_section.FCMacro", line 579, in <module>
    myWidget = CrossSectionWindow()
  File "C:/Users/Konstruktor/AppData/Roaming/FreeCAD/Macro/cross_section.FCMacro", line 111, in __init__
    self.child.initUI(self)
  File "C:/Users/Konstruktor/AppData/Roaming/FreeCAD/Macro/cross_section.FCMacro", line 149, in initUI
    self.hideObjects()
  File "C:/Users/Konstruktor/AppData/Roaming/FreeCAD/Macro/cross_section.FCMacro", line 365, in hideObjects
    b = self.oblist[i].Shape.BoundBox
<class 'AttributeError'>: 'App.GeoFeature' object has no attribute 'Shape'
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OS: Windows 10 (10.0)
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.19.17651 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: master
Hash: 16c26cb3b1cd7209ea8efc8cb30b3b18fd80cf95
Python version: 3.6.8
Qt version: 5.12.1
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 7.3.0


BTW. Why not rewrite this macro and add to FreeCAD default?
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