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v0.4.1

Better inspection tools (section views, measure tool)

Highlights

  • Cut through a model on the X, Y, or Z axis to see inside it
  • Move and flip the cut, or highlight the cut face
  • New Measure tool: click two points on the model to get the distance in mm

What’s new

Section views

The viewer now has X, Y, and Z cut controls. Pick an axis and it slices the rendered model open, no need to regenerate anything.

A ModelRift model opened with a Y-axis section view and highlighted cut faces

A slider moves the cut through the model. Center snaps it back to the middle, Flip looks from the other side, and Clear puts the model back together. Cut faces are highlighted by default so wall thickness and internal cavities are easy to read, but you can turn that off for a plain clipped view.

Measure tool

There’s a Measure button next to Cut now. Hover the model and it snaps to the nearest vertex or sharp edge, click to drop a point, click again for the second one, and the distance between them shows up in millimeters, both as a label floating on the model and in the panel.

The Measure tool showing a distance of 44.721 mm between two vertices on a model with a cylindrical hole

Both tools are inspection only: STL and 3MF exports stay untouched.