# Section View enhancement request

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/section-view-enhancement-request/12629>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [May 5, 2021, 6:11am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/section-view-enhancement-request/12629 "2021-05-05T06:11:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![TheBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@TheBum](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TheBum)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 6:11am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/section-view-enhancement-request/12629/1 "2021-05-05T06:11:38Z")

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I’d like to be able to manually sweep a construction plane through an object in Section View to see different parts of the cross-section without having to get out of Section View, move the plane, and then re-enter Section View.

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**Author:** ![welshsteve](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/welshsteve/32/16111_2.png) [@welshsteve](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/welshsteve)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2022, 4:18pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/section-view-enhancement-request/12629/2 "2022-04-22T16:18:00Z")

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SketchUp had this feature and it was quite useful.

My workaround is to create a simple plane alongside my model then extrude it to cut away the model to see the section…

Cylinder

[https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/6/6b0417b9a9e174fc259207eb7c3d70b0a8d52dc0.mp4](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/6/6b0417b9a9e174fc259207eb7c3d70b0a8d52dc0.mp4)

More detailed models can be little laggy…

Truck

[https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/8/80eb3ce2f326b7fe151fe97915444842f899415e.mp4](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/8/80eb3ce2f326b7fe151fe97915444842f899415e.mp4)

With this technique you can be selective and just create a section view of part of the model rather than the entire model…

Tower and CB Radio

[https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/d/d1c6aa1c8a76d80d79a5187d8eef39f5001f7dab.mp4](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/d/d1c6aa1c8a76d80d79a5187d8eef39f5001f7dab.mp4)

I know the is far from ideal but at least it works 😄