# View Normal to Surface

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/view-normal-to-surface/24296>\
**Category:** Feature requests\
**Created:** [February 22, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/view-normal-to-surface/24296 "2023-02-22T17:12:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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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:** [February 22, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/view-normal-to-surface/24296/1 "2023-02-22T17:12:55Z")

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I think this would be a good command to add to “Command Selection”

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/c/0/c08cb06aa98ff9a07b74352c0e2b9dce39d6c1e6.jpeg)

Thank you

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**Author:** ![Laci\_K](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/laci_k/32/8196_2.png) [@Laci\_K](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Laci_K)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 5:17pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/view-normal-to-surface/24296/3 "2023-02-22T17:17:05Z")

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Possible, but since you can do that by pressing space, it’s actually faster than clicking right click, and then clicking again on it in a list.

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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:** [February 22, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/view-normal-to-surface/24296/4 "2023-02-22T18:28:09Z")

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Yes, you are correct but that puts you into a sketch mode each time. I thing the “View normal to selected surface” mainly for visualizing something quickly instead of picking the view cube and picking the view you want. I the Cad world it is also about getting the job done quickly with less picks.

Thank you