# Unwanted slicing of my file

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**Category:** SketchUp\
**Created:** [December 13, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/unwanted-slicing-of-my-file/184020 "2021-12-13T18:23:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![rf10](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@rf10](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/rf10)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/unwanted-slicing-of-my-file/184020/1 "2021-12-13T18:23:20Z")

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As I’m working along, usually orbiting, my drawn image appears to slice up in various unwanted and mysterious ways.  
 ![Screen Shot 2021-12-13 at 12.40.57 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/0/7/07aafa61d476ef553b9d6af040f0dc6fbe9f7668.png)  
I zoom in and out and wait a while and it all comes back without the slices. Very upsetting. Any idea what’s causing this?  
Thanks,  
Dick

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**Author:** ![Cotty](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/cotty/32/251290_2.png) [@Cotty](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Cotty)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 6:26pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/unwanted-slicing-of-my-file/184020/2 "2021-12-13T18:26:51Z")

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You can search for “clipping” here in the forum.  
Here’s an article from the help center:

> **[Clipping and missing faces | SketchUp Help](https://help.sketchup.com/en/sketchup/clipping-and-missing-faces)**
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> Clipped or Missing Faces If you orbit around your model and you see an effect that looks like a section plane attached to your view at a fixed distance you may be worried that something is wrong with your model. Worse yet, objects may disappear or...

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**Author:** ![endlessfix](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/endlessfix/32/148757_2.png) [@endlessfix](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/endlessfix)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 7:02pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/unwanted-slicing-of-my-file/184020/3 "2021-12-13T19:02:50Z")

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Camera\>Perspective  
Camera\>Zoom Extents

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**Author:** ![Anssi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/anssi/32/105_2.png) [@Anssi](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Anssi)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 7:05pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/unwanted-slicing-of-my-file/184020/4 "2021-12-13T19:05:52Z")

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I would recommend, too, that you get used to working in Perspective mode. This happens much less there, and after a short time Parallel Projection starts to look as weird as it actually is.

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**Author:** ![slbaumgartner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/slbaumgartner/32/7302_2.png) [@slbaumgartner](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/slbaumgartner)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 7:16pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/unwanted-slicing-of-my-file/184020/5 "2021-12-13T19:16:52Z")

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Looking at the diverging parallels in your image, I am inclined like @Anssi to suspect you are modeling in parallel projection. The consensus among experts is that parallel is meant for 2D presentation of standard views such as front, top, right, etc., and that perspective should be used while creating or editing a model. It is as close as you can get to a real-life view of the model, whereas parallel is intentionally distorted to give an artificially flat view.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/f/2/f2a121500b085ed60806607a82720b092d800bb3.png) [@system](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 3:17am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/unwanted-slicing-of-my-file/184020/6 "2022-06-15T03:17:44Z")

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