# Viewport Clipping Issues **URL:** \ **Category:** SketchUp\ **Tags:** zoom, view, viewport, clipping, clippingplane\ **Created:** [May 21, 2017, 10:04pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/viewport-clipping-issues/45157 "2017-05-21T22:04:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Designbuild\_Sandiego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Designbuild\_Sandiego](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Designbuild_Sandiego)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 10:04pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/viewport-clipping-issues/45157/1 "2017-05-21T22:04:35Z")
How do I make this stop happening? The closest I can get to anything is about 30’. My model is dead on the axis intersection. ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/7/9/79e5f921cad38c1d0c434cac60e47e96dee94a43.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![filibis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/filibis/32/28737_2.png) [@filibis](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/filibis)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 10:14pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/viewport-clipping-issues/45157/2 "2017-05-21T22:14:07Z")
This is called ‘camera clipping’ , click ‘zoom extents’ button to fix it. (Or move your model closer to origin) Check this article for more info: [**Clipping and missing faces**](https://help.sketchup.com/en/article/36261) ---
**Author:** ![Designbuild\_Sandiego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Designbuild\_Sandiego](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Designbuild_Sandiego)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 10:39pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/viewport-clipping-issues/45157/3 "2017-05-21T22:39:35Z")
I did everything instructed on that page and it didn’t change anything. ---
**Author:** ![bmike](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/bmike/32/225451_2.png) [@bmike](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/bmike)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 10:56pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/viewport-clipping-issues/45157/4 "2017-05-21T22:56:19Z")
Are you in perspective or 2 point perspective? ---
**Author:** ![Geo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/geo/32/82_2.png) [@Geo](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Geo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/viewport-clipping-issues/45157/5 "2017-05-21T22:57:28Z")
Allowing us to work with the model would help us help you, if you’re at liberty to share the file. ---
**Author:** ![Designbuild\_Sandiego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Designbuild\_Sandiego](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Designbuild_Sandiego)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 2:20pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/viewport-clipping-issues/45157/6 "2017-05-22T14:20:08Z")
In perspective. Pro Field of view 30 degrees. Model is too big to share. ---
**Author:** ![filibis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/filibis/32/28737_2.png) [@filibis](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/filibis)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 2:22pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/viewport-clipping-issues/45157/7 "2017-05-22T14:22:07Z")
[quote=“Designbuild\_Sandiego, post:6, topic:45157”] Model is too big to share. [/quote]You can upload to [**3D Warehouse**](https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/) and share the **link** here. ---
**Author:** ![Designbuild\_Sandiego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Designbuild\_Sandiego](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Designbuild_Sandiego)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/viewport-clipping-issues/45157/8 "2017-05-22T14:29:14Z")
Too big even for the 3D Warehouse. ---
**Author:** ![Designbuild\_Sandiego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Designbuild\_Sandiego](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Designbuild_Sandiego)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/viewport-clipping-issues/45157/9 "2017-05-22T14:29:52Z")
I’ll delete some things and save a stripped down model so you can see it. ---
**Author:** ![Designbuild\_Sandiego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Designbuild\_Sandiego](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Designbuild_Sandiego)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/viewport-clipping-issues/45157/10 "2017-05-22T14:33:39Z")
Actually, deleting the large-scale things fixed the clipping. I drew a plane out 15000’ to simulate the ocean. I’d like that to show in the renderings. How can I do that without the clipping? I can work in it for now, but I would want to add the ocean in for the renderings as it’s an ocean-front house. ---
**Author:** ![Designbuild\_Sandiego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Designbuild\_Sandiego](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Designbuild_Sandiego)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 2:35pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/viewport-clipping-issues/45157/11 "2017-05-22T14:35:11Z")
And now it isn’t clipping even with the full ocean plan in there. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![Designbuild\_Sandiego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Designbuild\_Sandiego](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Designbuild_Sandiego)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 2:35pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/viewport-clipping-issues/45157/12 "2017-05-22T14:35:57Z")
Thank you for your responses. The model seemed to fix itself after I saved a version to export. Guess it got jealous and decided to act right. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2017, 6:05pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/viewport-clipping-issues/45157/13 "2017-05-22T18:05:24Z")
> [@Designbuild\_Sandiego](#): > > I drew a plane out 15000’ to simulate the ocean. I’d like that to show in the renderings. How can I do that without the clipping? How about using an image as a backdrop (vertically)? Or, if you just want a blue plane stretching to infinity, make the ground in your style blue. ---
**Author:** ![arvanie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/90ced4/32.png) [@arvanie](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/arvanie)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 7:31am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/viewport-clipping-issues/45157/14 "2017-07-24T07:31:44Z")
I have similar problem. Only slightly different. All works perfect until I activate the group i want to work in only then clipping starts. (version 17.1) ---
**Author:** ![MikeWayzovski](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/mikewayzovski/32/98346_2.png) [@MikeWayzovski](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/MikeWayzovski)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 8:03am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/viewport-clipping-issues/45157/15 "2017-07-24T08:03:57Z")
There is probably something in the group (leader text, hidden edges…) that is far away from origin. Make the group a component and save as (right click), then investigate the component file, to see what is bothering, (zoom extends, turn hidden geometry on, check model info, etc ) When done, reload the component by the edited file There is no harm done in updating your version to 17.2 ---
**Author:** ![arvanie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/90ced4/32.png) [@arvanie](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/arvanie)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 8:48am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/viewport-clipping-issues/45157/16 "2017-07-24T08:48:01Z")
Thanks for the tip. It did not solve the problem but is an nice way to work anyway. So very useful tip. I found something on Youtube and that helped a bit I have changed the camera’s view angle to 15 in stead of 35 and that made working better ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/f/2/f2a121500b085ed60806607a82720b092d800bb3.png) [@system](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 12:48am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/viewport-clipping-issues/45157/17 "2017-10-24T00:48:18Z")
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