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      Ben Ritter
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      What's the easiest way to activate various section planes while zoomed in, not allowing you to see the section boundary? Is there a way without zooming out?

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        halroach
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        @ben ritter said:

        What's the easiest way to activate various section planes while zoomed in, not allowing you to see the section boundary? Is there a way without zooming out?

        1. save a scene for each section plane that you activate, making sure to uncheck the camera in the scenes manager.
        2. use pageup/pagedown to shift between the different scenes.
        3. It may be convenient and quicker (depends on your needs) under 'model info' under 'animation' to uncheck "enable scene transitions" - or vise versa.
        4. assign shortcuts for "activate section plane" (I use 'k') and for view section planes (I use 'j') - for quick editing and moving of the planes

        have fun! 😎

        FlexTools - Super Quick Windows, Doors, Slats...

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          Ben Ritter
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          @unknownuser said:

          @ben ritter said:

          What's the easiest way to activate various section planes while zoomed in, not allowing you to see the section boundary? Is there a way without zooming out?

          1. save a scene for each section plane that you activate, making sure to uncheck the camera in the scenes manager.
          2. use pageup/pagedown to shift between the different scenes.
          3. It may be convenient and quicker (depends on your needs) under 'model info' under 'animation' to uncheck "enable scene transitions" - or vise versa.
          4. assign shortcuts for "activate section plane" (I use 'k') and for view section planes (I use 'j') - for quick editing and moving of the planes

          have fun! 😎

          Halroach, thank you. Wow, just had one of those "duh" moments after reading your first suggestion. So if you want the same camera view though for each scene, you set up the camera view first, then switch to the next scene and make another section plane active right?

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            halroach
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            @unknownuser said:

            Halroach, thank you. Wow, just had one of those "duh" moments after reading your first suggestion. So if you want the same camera view though for each scene, you set up the camera view first, then switch to the next scene and make another section plane active right?

            you can:

            1. after setting up all your different scenes, place the camera where you want it, and recheck the camera position in all the scenes.

            2. save one scene with only the camera position checked - that way you can snap back to your favorite position without worrying about anything else.

            FlexTools - Super Quick Windows, Doors, Slats...

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              Ben Ritter
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              @unknownuser said:

              @unknownuser said:

              Halroach, thank you. Wow, just had one of those "duh" moments after reading your first suggestion. So if you want the same camera view though for each scene, you set up the camera view first, then switch to the next scene and make another section plane active right?

              you can:

              1. after setting up all your different scenes, place the camera where you want it, and recheck the camera position in all the scenes.

              2. save one scene with only the camera position checked - that way you can snap back to your favorite position without worrying about anything else.

              That makes sense. I'll try it and thank you for responding.

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