<div dir="ltr">Yes,  I was getting that something like that. Even if I have a 2D slice, still I am visualizing/analyzing the figure in a 3D format. Is it possible to just treat it as a 2D object (get rid of all the 3D objects around).  Even when I snap the camera to the plane&#39;s normal, to get the value of a point on the slice I need to specify (x,y,z). Ideally, I want to probe into the contour values, use tools like &quot;Probe&quot; and &quot;Ruler&quot; on the slice just by specifying the coordinates (x,y) and not (x,y,z).</div>

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    <div>I&#39;m not sure what you&#39;re going for
      here...a slice is a 2d plane... can you give some more detail
      about what you&#39;d like to accomplish? do you mean snap the camera
      to the plane&#39;s normal?<div><div class="h5"><br>
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      On 06/05/2013 09:31 AM, Pradeep Jha wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">ok, I will try that. But is there no way to look
        at/analyze a slice as a 2D plane ?</div>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">2013/6/6 Burlen Loring <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:bloring@lbl.gov" target="_blank">bloring@lbl.gov</a>&gt;</span><br>
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                the first thing that comes to mind is the spreadsheet
                view which lets you look at numerical values of the
                data. You can use it in combination with selection to
                interactively, using the mouse, identify the subset of
                cells/point you are interested in, all without knowing
                exact coordinates.<br>
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                Does that help?<br>
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                    On 06/05/2013 01:11 AM, Pradeep Jha wrote:<br>
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                    <div dir="ltr">Hello,
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                      <div>when I extract a slice from a 3D data, how
                        can I look at the slice as a 2D plane/object?
                        That is to say, how can I do things like
                        probing, finding the variable value at different
                        points on the slice without giving its 3D
                        coordinates, because its not convenient to find
                        out the exact 3D coordinates of points on the
                        slice.</div>
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                      <div>Thank you</div>
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