# Rhino 8: Why are curves not occluded when in rendered views?

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**Category:** Rhino for Windows\
**Tags:** windows\
**Created:** [November 29, 2024, 6:48pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/rhino-8-why-are-curves-not-occluded-when-in-rendered-views/195767 "2024-11-29T18:48:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![mjvonstein](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/mjvonstein/32/658790_2.png) [@mjvonstein](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/mjvonstein)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 6:48pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/rhino-8-why-are-curves-not-occluded-when-in-rendered-views/195767/1 "2024-11-29T18:48:20Z")

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In this simple example, I’m trying to make an illustration of something being folded and trying to highlight the important edge for alignment-- where it starts and ends up.

One view

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/uploads/default/original/4X/7/1/a/71a47912ad09e6607d26e4fe1495810adf482b51.jpeg)

After rotating the view the curves are still visible through the surfaces which makes it very confusing to look at. How can I make the surfaces block the visibility of the curves? A work around is fine. I’ve tried so many things and nothing works.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/uploads/default/original/4X/a/9/e/a9e631a9d29b31681f8c248053e36bc4a601aa50.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![wim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/wim/32/747482_2.png) [@wim](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/wim)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 7:46pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/rhino-8-why-are-curves-not-occluded-when-in-rendered-views/195767/2 "2024-11-29T19:46:12Z")

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Hi Mike -

> [@mjvonstein](#):
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> How can I make the surfaces block the visibility of the curves?

You have played with the draw order of curves. Select all curves and run `ClearDrawOrder`.  
-wim

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**Author:** ![mjvonstein](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/mjvonstein/32/658790_2.png) [@mjvonstein](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/mjvonstein)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 9:08pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/rhino-8-why-are-curves-not-occluded-when-in-rendered-views/195767/3 "2024-11-29T21:08:58Z")

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Thanks Wim! That worked!

I’m not even sure how that got messed up.

Thanks,  
Mike