Hi Jon,

The per-model clipping capability allows clipping one model but not clipping other models.  But if the question is instead about having the clip plane stay in a fixed position relative to the data as you rotate the scene then you want to use the "front" and "back" clip planes with the clip command.  The "near" and "far" clip planes are always oriented perpendicular to the view so when rotating the scene with near/far clip plane it will clip different parts of the model since those planes are not fixed relative to the data being shown.

Tom


On Nov 14, 2025, at 12:02 PM, Oliver Clarke via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:

Hi Jon,

Not exactly sure if this is what you are after, but have you tried the per-model clipping planes?


Cheers
Oli

On Nov 14, 2025, at 2:31 PM, Jon via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:

Hi all,

Prior to this I was an avid IMOD user. There I was able to set a clipping plane and move/rotate the model such that the model clipping plan would NOT clip any other parts of the model. Essentially i want to create a clipping plane, set it and then transform the model such that no other parts of the model will be clipped. Is this possible? I could not figure it out for the life of me. It's pretty simple in IMOD, just not sure if it's possible in ChimeraX.

Would love to hear what you guys think.

-Jon
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