# Osnaps and Clipping planes

**URL:** <https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/osnaps-and-clipping-planes/148755>\
**Category:** Rhino\
**Tags:** mac\
**Created:** [October 6, 2022, 1:14pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/osnaps-and-clipping-planes/148755 "2022-10-06T13:14:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![AlW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/alw/32/53821_2.png) [@AlW](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/AlW)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 1:14pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/osnaps-and-clipping-planes/148755/1 "2022-10-06T13:14:58Z")

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Working recently with a clipping plane during modeling it occurred to me how incredibly useful it wold be if the intersection curves generated by a clipping plane could have the applicable snaps associate with them. Then it would be possible to accurately locate new objects and features at the exact spot defined by the clipping plane.

This was suggested a while ago:

> [@More Clipping Plane: add snap?](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/more-clipping-plane-add-snap/8219):
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> Just wondering if it would be difficult to snap to geometry created by clipping plane. Say having an osnap that isolates objects on the clipping plane. I’d find it useful without the steps of creating that geometry beforehand. Thanks, Ernest

I’m wondering whether the passage of time has allowed enough computer performance increase and Rhino code streamlining to make this worthy of consideration.

Also whether any other users would find it useful.

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**Author:** ![pascal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/pascal/32/479395_2.png) [@pascal](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/pascal)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/osnaps-and-clipping-planes/148755/2 "2022-10-06T14:25:17Z")

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Hello- V8/WIP allows this:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/uploads/default/original/4X/8/8/b/88bc512cb2c340b6af5d4eb4c24413757ce3911d.jpeg)

-Pascal

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**Author:** ![AlW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/alw/32/53821_2.png) [@AlW](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/AlW)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/osnaps-and-clipping-planes/148755/3 "2022-10-07T13:27:32Z")

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Great! I hadn’t discovered that yet since I’m still using V7 for actual work.

Thanks, Pascal.