# Section View - do not cut elements

**URL:** <https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/section-view-do-not-cut-elements/3646>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [September 4, 2026, 3:15am UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/section-view-do-not-cut-elements/3646 "2026-09-04T03:15:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 3:35pm UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/section-view-do-not-cut-elements/3646/3 "2026-09-04T15:35:08Z")

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To do that In Abaqus, we just use Display Groups and hide the box-selected elements. Would be great to have an option to hide selected elements (in addition to parts) in PrePoMax: [Hide elements when viewing results](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/hide-elements-when-viewing-results/1391)

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