# Can one cut a model along a Plane to measure an object's thickness?

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/can-one-cut-a-model-along-a-plane-to-measure-an-objects-thickness/27146>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [January 9, 2023, 10:49pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/can-one-cut-a-model-along-a-plane-to-measure-an-objects-thickness/27146 "2023-01-09T22:49:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![robin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@robin](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/robin)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 10:49pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/can-one-cut-a-model-along-a-plane-to-measure-an-objects-thickness/27146/1 "2023-01-09T22:49:54Z")

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Operating system:Windows 10  
Slicer version: 5.2.1  
Expected behavior:  
Actual behavior:

I need to measure thicknesses of (iliac) bones from obj or STL. I am trying measure them by placing cross and dot glyphs on each surface and measuring between them. To test the method, I am measuring some scans of bones for which I have casts which I measure using calipers. But I don’t seem to get acceptably close measurements.

Is it possible to use the Plane capability to cut/slice through the obj/stl, rotate it and measure the width across the virtual cut?.

Many thanks

Robin