diff --git a/app/components/Form.tsx b/app/components/Form.tsx
index 217e1ff..19f887c 100644
--- a/app/components/Form.tsx
+++ b/app/components/Form.tsx
@@ -22,24 +22,29 @@ function Toggle({
   title,
   onChange,
   defaultChecked,
+  disabled = false,
 }: {
   title: string;
   onChange: (e: ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => void;
   defaultChecked?: boolean;
+  disabled?: boolean;
 }) {
   return (
-    <label className="inline-flex items-center cursor-pointer">
-      <input
-        type="checkbox"
-        value=""
-        className="sr-only peer"
-        onChange={onChange}
-        defaultChecked={defaultChecked ? true : false}
-      />
-      <div className="relative w-11 h-6 bg-gray-200 peer-focus:outline-none peer-focus:ring-4 peer-focus:ring-blue-300 dark:peer-focus:ring-gray-300 rounded-full peer dark:bg-gray-400 peer-checked:after:translate-x-full rtl:peer-checked:after:-translate-x-full peer-checked:after:border-white after:content-[''] after:absolute after:top-[2px] after:start-[2px] after:bg-white after:border-gray-300 after:border after:rounded-full after:h-5 after:w-5 after:transition-all dark:border-gray-400 peer-checked:bg-blue-600 dark:peer-checked:bg-blue-400"></div>
-      <span className="ms-3 text-xs xl:text-sm font-medium text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400">
-        {title}
-      </span>
+    <label className="group">
+      <div className="inline-flex items-center cursor-pointer group-has-[input:disabled]:cursor-default">
+        <input
+          type="checkbox"
+          value=""
+          className="sr-only peer"
+          onChange={onChange}
+          defaultChecked={defaultChecked ? true : false}
+          disabled={disabled}
+        />
+        <div className="relative w-11 h-6 bg-gray-200 peer-focus:outline-none peer-focus:ring-4 peer-focus:ring-blue-300 dark:peer-focus:ring-gray-300 rounded-full peer dark:bg-gray-400 peer-checked:after:translate-x-full rtl:peer-checked:after:-translate-x-full peer-checked:after:border-white after:content-[''] after:absolute after:top-[2px] after:start-[2px] after:bg-white after:border-gray-300 after:border after:rounded-full after:h-5 after:w-5 after:transition-all dark:border-gray-400 peer-checked:bg-blue-600 dark:peer-checked:bg-blue-400"></div>
+        <span className="ms-3 text-xs xl:text-sm font-medium text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400 group-has-[input:disabled]:text-gray-200">
+          {title}
+        </span>
+      </div>
     </label>
   );
 }
@@ -133,6 +138,7 @@ export function Form() {
   const accordionRef0 = useRef<AccordionRef>(null);
 
   const [emptyProfile, setEmptyProfile] = useState<boolean>(false);
+  const [exploded, setExploded] = useState<boolean>(false);
   const { sceneView } = useContext(SceneViewContext) as SceneViewContextType;
 
   function handleChange() {
@@ -207,6 +213,18 @@ export function Form() {
     sceneView.exportOBJ();
   }
 
+  function handleExplode(e: ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) {
+    if (!sceneView) return;
+
+    if (e.target.checked) {
+      sceneView.explode(true);
+      // setExploded(true);
+    } else {
+      sceneView.explode(false);
+      // setExploded(false);
+    }
+  }
+
   return (
     <div className="w-full max-h-full min-h-0 flex flex-col gap-2 dark:bg-gray-700">
       <div className="w-full flex justify-end">
@@ -218,8 +236,16 @@ export function Form() {
         </button>
       </div>
       <div className="border border-gray-200 dark:border-gray-400 rounded grid grid-cols-2 gap-y-2 p-2">
-        <Toggle title="Slicing Box" onChange={handleChange} />
-        <Toggle title="Virtual Profile" onChange={handleDrilling} />
+        <Toggle
+          title="Slicing Box"
+          onChange={handleChange}
+          disabled={exploded ? true : false}
+        />
+        <Toggle
+          title="Virtual Profile"
+          onChange={handleDrilling}
+          disabled={exploded ? true : false}
+        />
         <Toggle title="Coordinate Grid" onChange={handleChangeCG} />
         <Toggle title="Wireframe" onChange={handleChangeWireframe} />
         <Toggle
@@ -227,6 +253,7 @@ export function Form() {
           onChange={handleChangeTopography}
           defaultChecked
         />
+        <Toggle title="Explode" onChange={handleExplode} />
       </div>
       <div className="px-2 pt-2 border border-gray-200 dark:border-gray-400 rounded">
         <RangeSlider></RangeSlider>
diff --git a/app/three/SceneView.ts b/app/three/SceneView.ts
index f627afc..2e06325 100644
--- a/app/three/SceneView.ts
+++ b/app/three/SceneView.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 import {
-  Camera,
   Group,
+  Material,
   Mesh,
   MeshBasicMaterial,
   MeshStandardMaterial,
+  PerspectiveCamera,
   Plane,
   Raycaster,
   Scene,
   SphereGeometry,
   Vector2,
   Vector3,
+  WebGLRenderer,
 } from "three";
 import { buildMeshes } from "./utils/build-meshes";
 import { Extent, buildScene } from "./utils/build-scene";
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ export class SceneView extends EventTarget {
   private _scene: Scene;
   private _dragControls: DragControls;
   private _model: Group;
-  private _camera: Camera;
+  private _camera: PerspectiveCamera;
   private _container: HTMLElement;
   private _raycaster: Raycaster;
   private _extent: Extent;
@@ -50,15 +52,17 @@ export class SceneView extends EventTarget {
   private static _DRAG_THRESHOLD = 5;
   private _callback: EventListenerOrEventListenerObject | null = null;
   private _orbitControls: OrbitControls;
+  private _renderer: WebGLRenderer;
 
   constructor(
     scene: Scene,
     model: Group,
     dragControls: DragControls,
-    camera: Camera,
+    camera: PerspectiveCamera,
     container: HTMLElement,
     extent: Extent,
-    orbitControls: OrbitControls
+    orbitControls: OrbitControls,
+    renderer: WebGLRenderer
   ) {
     super();
     this._scene = scene;
@@ -69,13 +73,12 @@ export class SceneView extends EventTarget {
     this._raycaster = new Raycaster();
     this._extent = extent;
     this._orbitControls = orbitControls;
+    this._renderer = renderer;
   }
 
   static async create(container: HTMLElement, modelId: string) {
-    const { scene, model, dragControls, camera, extent, controls } = await init(
-      container,
-      modelId
-    );
+    const { scene, model, dragControls, camera, extent, controls, renderer } =
+      await init(container, modelId);
 
     return new SceneView(
       scene,
@@ -84,7 +87,8 @@ export class SceneView extends EventTarget {
       camera,
       container,
       extent,
-      controls
+      controls,
+      renderer
     );
   }
 
@@ -311,7 +315,7 @@ export class SceneView extends EventTarget {
   }
 
   // Function to export the group as an OBJ file
-  public exportOBJ() {
+  exportOBJ() {
     const exporter = new OBJExporter();
     const objString = exporter.parse(this._model);
 
@@ -326,9 +330,70 @@ export class SceneView extends EventTarget {
   }
 
   // Reset view to initial extent
-  public resetView() {
+  resetView() {
     this._orbitControls.reset();
   }
+
+  explode(explode: boolean) {
+    const DISPLACEMENT = 2000;
+    for (let i = 1; i < this._model.children.length; i++) {
+      const mesh = this._model.children[i];
+
+      if (explode) {
+        const displacement =
+          (this._model.children.length - i - 1) * DISPLACEMENT;
+        mesh.userData.originalPosition = mesh.position.clone();
+        mesh.translateZ(displacement);
+
+        if (i === 1) {
+          this._model.userData.zmax = this._extent.zmax;
+          this._extent.zmax += displacement;
+        }
+      } else {
+        if (mesh.userData.originalPosition) {
+          mesh.position.copy(mesh.userData.originalPosition);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Reset extent
+    if (!explode && this._model.userData.zmax) {
+      this._extent.zmax = this._model.userData.zmax;
+    }
+
+    const box = this._scene.getObjectByName("clipping-box");
+    let visible = false;
+    if (box) {
+      visible = box.visible;
+      this._scene.remove(box);
+    }
+    const { planes, dragControls } = buildClippingplanes(
+      this._renderer,
+      this._camera,
+      this._orbitControls,
+      this._extent,
+      this._model.children as Mesh[],
+      this._scene,
+      visible
+    );
+
+    this._dragControls = dragControls;
+
+    // Add clipping planes to the meshes
+    for (const mesh of this._model.children) {
+      ((mesh as Mesh).material as Material).clippingPlanes = planes;
+    }
+
+    // Remove existing cap meshes
+    for (const o in Orientation) {
+      const capMeshGroupName = `cap-mesh-group-${o}`;
+      let capMeshGroup = this._scene.getObjectByName(capMeshGroupName);
+      while (capMeshGroup) {
+        this._scene.remove(capMeshGroup);
+        capMeshGroup = this._scene.getObjectByName(capMeshGroupName);
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 async function init(container: HTMLElement, modelId = MODEL_ID) {
@@ -358,13 +423,15 @@ async function init(container: HTMLElement, modelId = MODEL_ID) {
   scene.add(model);
 
   // Build the clipping planes and add them to the scene
+  const visible = false;
   const { planes, dragControls } = buildClippingplanes(
     renderer,
     camera,
     controls,
     extent,
     meshes,
-    scene
+    scene,
+    visible
   );
 
   // Add clipping planes to the meshes
@@ -404,5 +471,5 @@ async function init(container: HTMLElement, modelId = MODEL_ID) {
   map.name = "topography";
   scene.add(map);
 
-  return { scene, model, dragControls, camera, extent, controls };
+  return { scene, model, dragControls, camera, extent, controls, renderer };
 }
diff --git a/app/three/utils/build-clipping-planes.ts b/app/three/utils/build-clipping-planes.ts
index eb64f2b..305f0f8 100644
--- a/app/three/utils/build-clipping-planes.ts
+++ b/app/three/utils/build-clipping-planes.ts
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ import { Extent } from "./build-scene";
 import earcut from "earcut";
 
 export enum Orientation {
-  X = "x",
-  Y = "y",
-  Z = "z",
+  X = "X",
+  Y = "Y",
+  Z = "Z",
 }
 
 type PlaneMesh = Mesh<PlaneGeometry, MeshBasicMaterial, Object3DEventMap>;
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ export function buildClippingplanes(
   orbitControls: OrbitControls,
   extent: Extent,
   meshes: Mesh[],
-  scene: Scene
+  scene: Scene,
+  visible: boolean
 ) {
   const planesData = [
     {
@@ -166,7 +167,7 @@ export function buildClippingplanes(
   const clippingBox = new Group();
   clippingBox.add(planeMeshGroup, edgeMeshGroup);
   clippingBox.name = "clipping-box";
-  clippingBox.visible = false;
+  clippingBox.visible = visible;
   scene.add(clippingBox);
 
   // Enable DragControls for the clipping planes
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ export function buildClippingplanes(
     renderer.domElement
   );
 
-  dragControls.enabled = false;
+  dragControls.enabled = visible;
 
   dragControls.addEventListener("dragstart", () => {
     // Disable OrbitControls when dragging starts
@@ -469,8 +470,6 @@ function generateCapMeshes(
 
   // Iterate over the list of geologic meshes
   for (const mesh of meshes) {
-    // Slice visible meshes only
-
     const position = mesh.geometry.attributes.position.array;
     const indices = mesh.geometry.index ? mesh.geometry.index.array : null;
     const edges: Array<[Vector3, Vector3]> = [];
@@ -484,9 +483,22 @@ function generateCapMeshes(
       const i2 = indices ? indices[i + 1] * 3 : (i + 1) * 3;
       const i3 = indices ? indices[i + 2] * 3 : (i + 2) * 3;
 
-      const v1 = new Vector3(position[i1], position[i1 + 1], position[i1 + 2]);
-      const v2 = new Vector3(position[i2], position[i2 + 1], position[i2 + 2]);
-      const v3 = new Vector3(position[i3], position[i3 + 1], position[i3 + 2]);
+      // Account for local translation of the mesh to its original geometry
+      const v1 = new Vector3(
+        position[i1],
+        position[i1 + 1],
+        position[i1 + 2] + mesh.position.z
+      );
+      const v2 = new Vector3(
+        position[i2],
+        position[i2 + 1],
+        position[i2 + 2] + mesh.position.z
+      );
+      const v3 = new Vector3(
+        position[i3],
+        position[i3 + 1],
+        position[i3 + 2] + mesh.position.z
+      );
 
       // Check if the triangle is cut by the plane
       const d1 = plane.distanceToPoint(v1);
@@ -516,7 +528,7 @@ function generateCapMeshes(
       color: (mesh.material as MeshStandardMaterial).color,
       side: DoubleSide,
       metalness: 0.0,
-      roughness: 0.75,
+      roughness: 1.0,
       flatShading: true,
       polygonOffset: true,
       polygonOffsetFactor: offset,
diff --git a/app/three/utils/build-meshes.ts b/app/three/utils/build-meshes.ts
index 56f4031..7bbdbc6 100644
--- a/app/three/utils/build-meshes.ts
+++ b/app/three/utils/build-meshes.ts
@@ -52,15 +52,11 @@ async function buildMesh(layerData: MappedFeature) {
   const indices = new BufferAttribute(indexArray, 1);
 
   geometry.setIndex(indices);
-  geometry.scale(1, 1, 1);
-  geometry.computeBoundingSphere();
-  geometry.computeVertexNormals();
-  geometry.computeBoundingBox();
 
   const material = new MeshStandardMaterial({
     color: color,
     metalness: 0.0,
-    roughness: 0.75,
+    roughness: 1.0,
     flatShading: true,
     side: DoubleSide,
     wireframe: false,
diff --git a/app/three/utils/build-scene.ts b/app/three/utils/build-scene.ts
index 5a91dc9..ee2d4b1 100644
--- a/app/three/utils/build-scene.ts
+++ b/app/three/utils/build-scene.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   SpriteMaterial,
   Sprite,
   Euler,
+  Color,
 } from "three";
 
 import { OrbitControls } from "three/addons/controls/OrbitControls.js";
@@ -41,12 +42,7 @@ export function buildScene(container: HTMLElement, extent: Extent) {
   const width = container.clientWidth;
   const height = container.clientHeight;
 
-  camera = new PerspectiveCamera(
-    50,
-    width / height,
-    maxSize * 0.1,
-    maxSize * 25
-  );
+  camera = new PerspectiveCamera(50, width / height, 10, maxSize * 20);
 
   camera.position.set(center.x, center.y - 200000, extent.zmax + 100000);
   camera.up.set(0, 0, 1);
@@ -54,7 +50,6 @@ export function buildScene(container: HTMLElement, extent: Extent) {
 
   // Initialize the renderer
   renderer = new WebGLRenderer({
-    alpha: true,
     logarithmicDepthBuffer: true,
   });
 
@@ -80,6 +75,7 @@ export function buildScene(container: HTMLElement, extent: Extent) {
   // Set wireframe to false on initial load
   scene = new Scene();
   scene.userData.wireframe = false;
+  scene.background = new Color(0xbfd1e5);
 
   // Add lights to the scene
   buildDefaultLights(scene, extent);