SectionTools plug-in for Rhino 5 WIP

A new release of SectionTools plug-in is now available with the latest Rhino 5 WIP of December 14, 2010. You can find download instructions and documentation at SectionTools Wiki page.

SectionTools is a dynamic sectioning plugin from RhinoLabs to help generate and update 3D sections and their 2D layouts. The plug-in has editing, viewing and reporting tools to effectively manage big set of sections.

In this release:

• Added new command "stEditSections" to edit sectioning options such as solid mode, direction and attributes. stEditSectionHatch and stSectionDir are now part of the new command.
• Combined "stView", "stSetCPlaneToSection" and "stSetViewToSection" into one new command “stViewSections”. You can now “Clip”, “SetView” and “SetCPlane” all in one step.
  
• Added support for persistent options to stCreate, stCreateArray and stViewSections commands.
  
• Fixed a bug when flipping section direction.
  
• 2D Layout now outputs curves, solids and hatched to 3 different sub-layers. This will help assign different layer attributes to each one.
  
• Made it more reliable to view section curves, surfaces and hatches.
  
• Fixed CPlane alignment bug.
  
• Added a new item to "SolidMode" option in stCreate and stCreateArray commands. It allows adding both hatches and surfaces at the same time.
  
• Added enhancements to stMoveSections command. Dragging sections' now gives real-time feedback of intersections and section clipping plane location.
  
• When creating sections, selecting objects is now a separate step from options. This way it will be possible to preselect objects and change options.
  
• Fixed duplicate 2D layout bug.
  
• Enhanced reporting output.
  
• Fixed a crash bug when saving as V4 then open in V5.
  
• Many other minor bug fixes.
  
• Added nine new short clips and updated toolbars and help manual.