This is a roundup of several discussions regarding the section view. I started searching for answers because I was very confused about the gizmo. It never showed up for me. Turns out the way I was turning on section view was “wrong.” What I eventually figured out: select a face, and then turn on Sec…

Related post: [image] New section view is HORRENDOUS Need help? We are here. Disappointing to see the decline in Shapr3D. I have been seeing a steady decline in all aspects of the software since I first began using it over a year ago. Constant updates that see…

Hey Shane, sorry I haven’t seen this sooner. Many of your concerns are already addressed, without seeing your specific workspace and case, I cannot debug it [image] shanebdavis: The gizmo (drag handles / arrows to reposition the cut plane) only appears under very specific conditions (selecting…

What I found out is I was “using it wrong.” I was pointing my pointer at a surface and pressing space-bar to orient my view, then I turned on SV. This has a number of problems: no gizmo! I watched so many videos and tutorials that all said “just use the gizmo” - there is no gizmo the way I was d…

Better Section View gizmo & toggle / exclusion controls

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shanebdavis October 15, 2025, 7:54am 2

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Better Section View gizmo & toggle / exclusion controls

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