Views
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A **view** is a named configuration that remembers which sections are enabled, which drawings are visible, and optionally a saved 3D viewport state. Views let you switch quickly between different cuts, presentation states, or levels of detail without manually toggling sections and drawings each time.

Every Section Pro scene has at least one view. A default view is created automatically when you add your first section.


What a View Stores
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**Section states**
    For each section in the scene, the view stores whether the section is *enabled* (cutting) or *disabled* (inactive).

**Drawing states**
    For each drawing in the scene, the view stores whether the drawing object is *shown* or *hidden* in the viewport.

**Viewport state** (optional, per view)
    A view can optionally save and restore the 3D viewport state. Each of the three sub-settings can be toggled independently:

    - *Orientation* – The position, rotation, and zoom level of the 3D viewport.
    - *Projection* – Orthographic or perspective projection mode.
    - *Shading* – The viewport shading mode (Solid, Material Preview, Rendered, etc.).

    Use the **Save Current** button to snapshot the current viewport into the active view, and **Load Saved** to restore it without switching views.


Section Method
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Each view has its own **Section Method** setting that controls how all enabled sections in that view apply their cut:

- **Boolean** – Uses a cutter mesh and Geometry Nodes boolean modifier. Works with all shading modes and render engines.
- **Shader** – Uses shader node groups injected into object materials. Faster to set up but requires a compatible render engine.

See :doc:`sections` for a detailed explanation of each method.


Switching Views
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Clicking on a view in the *Views* list makes it the active view and immediately restores all section and drawing states for that view, if *Restore View on Change* is enabled in the addon preferences (the default). Otherwise, the view can be restored manually by clicking the refresh button next to the view name.

If *Auto Save Viewport on Change* is enabled in the preferences, the viewport state of the previous view is automatically saved before switching.


Creating Views
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When you create a new view you can choose one of two starting points:

- **Copy Active View** – The new view inherits all section states, drawing states, and viewport settings of the current active view.
- **Blank View** – All sections are disabled, all drawings are hidden, and viewport settings are at their defaults.

.. seealso::

   :doc:`/guides/views-and-viewport`
      Practical guide for setting up and working with views.