# \#section-view

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## [Rhino BETA Feature: Clipping Drawings Enhancements](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/rhino-beta-feature-clipping-drawings-enhancements/208959)

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**Author:** [@rajaa](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/rajaa)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2026, 2:05pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/rhino-beta-feature-clipping-drawings-enhancements/208959 "2026-10-28T14:05:19Z")

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Clipping Drawings Enhancements We’re excited to share the new enhancements to dynamic clipping drawings in Rhino WIP to allow better control over the placement of drawings in modeling space. SectionTools also added suppo…

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## [Rhino 8 SR32 - ClippingDrawing loses Section Fill when AddBackground=Yes](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/rhino-8-sr32-clippingdrawing-loses-section-fill-when-addbackground-yes/221221)

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**Author:** [@Mostafa\_Ayman](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Mostafa_Ayman)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2026, 1:59am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/rhino-8-sr32-clippingdrawing-loses-section-fill-when-addbackground-yes/221221 "2026-07-29T01:59:37Z")

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Hello, I believe I have encountered an issue with ClippingDrawing in Rhino 8 SR32. Rhino Version Rhino 8 SR32 (8.32.26160.13001) Windows 11 NVIDIA Quadro P1000 Hardware acceleration enabled No third-party plugins Pro…

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## [VA section view - section style](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/va-section-view-section-style/211297)

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**Author:** [@Jens\_Jacob\_Melhus\_J1](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Jens_Jacob_Melhus_J1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2025, 10:16am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/va-section-view-section-style/211297 "2025-10-22T10:16:15Z")

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Hi, In most projects, when applying for building permission, you need to show the previous landscape relative to the new landscape in elevation and section views. In the country that i work in, Sweden, the communes want…

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## [Control points outside a section plane cannot be selected](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/control-points-outside-a-section-plane-cannot-be-selected/201697)

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**Author:** [@Benjamin\_Burchardt](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Benjamin_Burchardt)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2025, 7:45am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/control-points-outside-a-section-plane-cannot-be-selected/201697 "2025-04-09T07:45:46Z")

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Hi guys, I already have a bad conscience about only asking for bugs or problems here, but here’s another one: May there’s a bug for selecting control points of a surface which is excluded from a section plane. In my e…

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## [Wishlist: Plan/Sections Views Print Colour by distance from cut Plane](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/wishlist-plan-sections-views-print-colour-by-distance-from-cut-plane/151648)

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**Author:** [@flatform](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/flatform)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 1:56pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/wishlist-plan-sections-views-print-colour-by-distance-from-cut-plane/151648 "2024-10-29T13:56:17Z")

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When drawing Plan or Section Views, Depth is a useful tool to cleanup the drawings but it is too abrupt (things from one point just disappear, and you lose contact with the levels below or geometry at the back, in sextio…

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## [How to Auto-Determine the Position for Section Views in Column-Assembly?](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/how-to-auto-determine-the-position-for-section-views-in-column-assembly/185621)

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**Author:** [@THUAN](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/THUAN)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 29, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/how-to-auto-determine-the-position-for-section-views-in-column-assembly/185621 "2024-06-29T14:34:43Z")

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Hello everyone, Does anyone have experience with automatically determining the correct position for creating section views in a Steel-column-assembly, like the one shown in the linked image? I’ve tried the following met…

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## [R8 Issue with Clipping Sections, GPU Tessellation, and Wireframe Display](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/r8-issue-with-clipping-sections-gpu-tessellation-and-wireframe-display/180230)

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**Author:** [@rrom](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/rrom)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2024, 12:36pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/r8-issue-with-clipping-sections-gpu-tessellation-and-wireframe-display/180230 "2024-04-17T12:36:40Z")

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Hi, I work with a small team of designers who all use Rhino as our primary CAD tool for our services. Rhino 8 has been a big boon to us, but has also introduced a few new bugs that really crippled our workflow: such as, …

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## [Rhino 8 Section Tools drawing lines for objects behind solids](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/rhino-8-section-tools-drawing-lines-for-objects-behind-solids/169056)

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**Author:** [@Shaan\_Sabharwal](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Shaan_Sabharwal)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 21, 2023, 6:32am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/rhino-8-section-tools-drawing-lines-for-objects-behind-solids/169056 "2023-12-21T06:32:11Z")

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Section Tools is making linework that should not the shown in the given sectional view… it is making lines that are clearly behind solid objects… All Objects here are part of the sectional view… There are sine boolea…

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## [Snapping to lines created in section view](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/snapping-to-lines-created-in-section-view/124582)

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**Author:** [@Czaja](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Czaja)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2023, 10:16pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/snapping-to-lines-created-in-section-view/124582 "2023-05-13T22:16:37Z")

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There was a similar topic But here I am writing about lines drawn manually in Section View. Sections can automatically create a plan view and construction plane for us + section depth. I would rather use them instead …

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## [Plan and Section Views Line grouping per Object/Layer](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/plan-and-section-views-line-grouping-per-object-layer/151647)

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**Author:** [@flatform](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/flatform)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 7, 2022, 1:44pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/plan-and-section-views-line-grouping-per-object-layer/151647 "2022-12-07T13:44:36Z")

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Hello, When exploding (or exporting to ACAD) a Plan or Section View Block, all lines are exploded, which makes the drawing pretty unmanageable. Is there a way to get all Lines joined (ie. the perimeter of a table or a …

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## [Interior section view in Karamba](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/interior-section-view-in-karamba/139537)

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**Author:** [@lucianatenorio](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/lucianatenorio)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2022, 5:28am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/interior-section-view-in-karamba/139537 "2022-03-17T05:28:39Z")

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I think I am missing something very obvious but how to get that section view of the shell model result in karamba? I tried many ways but still nothing. Am I missing something? ema.gh (111.2 KB)

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## [Wrong section in big file](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/wrong-section-in-big-file/134013)

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**Author:** [@david.adam](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/david.adam)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2021, 10:52am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/wrong-section-in-big-file/134013 "2021-11-29T10:52:32Z")

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Hi everyone, in a file that grew bigger and bigger, section views stopped working properly at a certain time: Some objects that are within the view depth of a section are not displayed - but some are shown. So a section…