Hi Sven, sounds like you have figured it out but just to answer your original question - sorry no there isn't any way to manually set the near clipping plane it is handled automatically. But like you saw something way far away will tend to cause problems with it. You can also switch to a parallel projection under Options > View > "3D view projection". It doesn't have the same kind of non-linear depth value problems that are kind of inherent in the way perspective depth buffering is handled in video cards.

- Michael

Hi Michael,

thanks for the tip, didn't know about the parallel projection option. Nice way to see and judge a design in a different "light" :)

Sven