[dvsone1440]

I am wondering if there is any documentation available on the z-clip planes for sketchup? I am able to make it work but only through trial and error to get the clipping plane where I want it.

[JDHill]

If you look in the plugin menu, you should find a "Pick DOF, Z-Clip, or Z-Buffer" item; this activates a plugin tool which allows you to set those things by interactively picking points in the viewport. For Z-Clip, you would hold down CTRL while picking the near & far points.

[dvsone1440]

Oh... I forgot to mention.. I am trying to use it in parallel projection to create elevations. I know I can use the picker for perspective.. but that does not seem to work for parallel projections

[JDHill]

Oh, as you find, the tool does not support use at all in that case -- for a parallel view, the camera's distance is calculated on the fly, during export. As a result, it is not unexpected that you will find z-clip to be only marginally useable with parallel views. The only workaround for this would be using a perspective view, with a very long lens, in order to flatten the perspective yourself, rather than relying on the plugin to do it for you.

[dvsone1440]

Thanks Jd. I set the perspective angle to 1 and that worked great.