# Making Datums have thickness to them

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**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [August 23, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/making-datums-have-thickness-to-them/33404 "2024-08-23T13:48:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![danno11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b19c9b/32.png) [@danno11](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/danno11)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/making-datums-have-thickness-to-them/33404/1 "2024-08-23T13:48:22Z")

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is there any settings to make the datums thicker so that when you look at a side view looking straight into the datum you can tell where it actually is at.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/f/3/f31d1c170862d345ffc52fb88805f6aab61f21d1.png)

Thank you