Hello,
I would like a clipping box in the 3D view similar to those in point cloud programs.
I use clipping planes but I would like to have an independent box in 3D view. I remember someone mentioned that this is possible, but I can not find any information other then old forum requests.
I really like the one in Recap.
Is there such a feature with a different name or something working in a similar way?
Hello - no there is no tool for this in Rhino curerntly.
RH-3941 Cuboid instead of a plane
I’ll add your comments.
-Pascal
Thank you for your answer.
Hi,
I didn’t test this plugin yet but you might be interested in Notilus Clipper plugin, it has some nice features.
Another option is Clipping Box plugin, but boxes it is making doesn’t have handy widgets to modify the clipping box.
And third option is this plugin:
Thank you very much! I will try them as soon as possible.
And what about the opposite option? a box that clips everything indise of it, leaving the outside visible?
It could be a feature of the same tool, clip inside or outside (?).
I often find myself doing isometric drawings which I have to trim with a cube, which takes a lot of time on complex models.
This option would be very useful and time saving, assuming it would work with Make2D as normal clipping planes do now: intersections can be recognised, drawn and separated in layers from the rest of curves.
yes to this 
Hi -
I’ve added that comment to RH-3941.
-wim
Any update on this one? I really wish it could be added to Rhino 9 development pipeline…
What many users apart from myself would love to have is a clipping cuboid that would not clip the rest of the model. Ideally it’s overall position could be controlled via gumball and separately for each face.
It would be a game changer especially in marine industry when one often works on really large models. We don’t like the fact that important parts of the model are also clipped by plane when one wants to “look inside” one part of the vessel and see the rest of a system or structure…
Also, it would be great if one could apply such clipping cuboid (or just set the extents like in AC xref, but perhaps it’s a different topic) to linked worksession files and blocks, without placing them inside the linked file itself (i.e. the clipping would be applied independently in worksession for individual or more files). The sphere functionality is not very useful in my use cases…
