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nikoue
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clip a mesh

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I am sure, If I haven't seen that in my dream, that in the past I was able to use the section tool in meshes. Now this tool don't affect meshes but only point clouds.
Is there any mistake from my side, or I just remember wrong?
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Re: clip a mesh

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Are you referring to the 'Cross section' tool (then yes, it works with meshes) or the 'Segment extraction' tool? (then no, I don't believe it has ever worked with meshes?).
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Re: clip a mesh

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Yes for the cross section tool. I am sure it used to work. Now just shade the part I try to section.
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Re: clip a mesh

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take a look, please.
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what I am doing wrong?
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Re: clip a mesh

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Ah, that's a glitch, because the sub-meshes (all the entities named 'default') are also visible and hide the segmentation.

The current workaround is to select all these sub-meshes, and deactivate them at once (shortcut 'a'). Then you'll be able to use the Cross Section tool normally.

I'll try to fix that asap.
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