diff --git a/Core/Code/Algorithms/mitkClippedSurfaceBoundsCalculator.cpp b/Core/Code/Algorithms/mitkClippedSurfaceBoundsCalculator.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b11413d70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Core/Code/Algorithms/mitkClippedSurfaceBoundsCalculator.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+#include "mitkClippedSurfaceBoundsCalculator.h"
+#include "vtkPolyData.h"
+#include "vtkPlaneSource.h"
+#include "vtkPPolyDataNormals.h"
+#include "mitkGeometry2D.h"
+#include "mitkSliceNavigationController.h"
+#include "mitkLine.h"
+#include "vtkSmartPointer.h"
+
+#define ROUND_P(x) ((int)((x)+0.5))
+
+mitk::ClippedSurfaceBoundsCalculator::ClippedSurfaceBoundsCalculator(const mitk::PlaneGeometry* geometry, mitk::Image::Pointer image)
+{
+  this->SetInput(geometry, image);
+}
+
+mitk::ClippedSurfaceBoundsCalculator::~ClippedSurfaceBoundsCalculator()
+{
+}
+
+void mitk::ClippedSurfaceBoundsCalculator::SetInput(const mitk::PlaneGeometry* geometry, mitk::Image::Pointer image)
+{
+  if(geometry != NULL && image.IsNotNull())
+  {
+    this->m_Geometry2D = geometry;
+    this->m_Image = image;
+    for(int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
+    {
+      this->m_MinMaxOutput.push_back(outputType( std::numeric_limits<int>::max() , std::numeric_limits<int>::min() ));
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+void mitk::ClippedSurfaceBoundsCalculator::CalculateSurfaceBounds()
+{
+
+  //Get the corner points of the geometry3D
+  CalculateSurfaceBounds(  m_Image->GetGeometry()->GetCornerPoint(false, false, false)
+                         , m_Image->GetGeometry()->GetCornerPoint(true, false, false));
+
+  CalculateSurfaceBounds(  m_Image->GetGeometry()->GetCornerPoint(false, false, false)
+                         , m_Image->GetGeometry()->GetCornerPoint(false, true, false));
+
+  CalculateSurfaceBounds(  m_Image->GetGeometry()->GetCornerPoint(false, false, false)
+                         , m_Image->GetGeometry()->GetCornerPoint(false, false, true));
+
+  CalculateSurfaceBounds(  m_Image->GetGeometry()->GetCornerPoint(false, true, false)
+                         , m_Image->GetGeometry()->GetCornerPoint(true, true, false));
+
+  CalculateSurfaceBounds(  m_Image->GetGeometry()->GetCornerPoint(false, true, false)
+                         , m_Image->GetGeometry()->GetCornerPoint(false, true, true));
+
+  CalculateSurfaceBounds(  m_Image->GetGeometry()->GetCornerPoint(false, false, true)
+                         , m_Image->GetGeometry()->GetCornerPoint(true, false, true));
+
+  CalculateSurfaceBounds(  m_Image->GetGeometry()->GetCornerPoint(false, false, true)
+                         , m_Image->GetGeometry()->GetCornerPoint(false, true, true));
+
+  CalculateSurfaceBounds(  m_Image->GetGeometry()->GetCornerPoint(false, true, true)
+                         , m_Image->GetGeometry()->GetCornerPoint(true, true, true));
+
+  CalculateSurfaceBounds(  m_Image->GetGeometry()->GetCornerPoint(true, false, true)
+                         , m_Image->GetGeometry()->GetCornerPoint(true, true, true));
+
+  CalculateSurfaceBounds(  m_Image->GetGeometry()->GetCornerPoint(true, false, false)
+                         , m_Image->GetGeometry()->GetCornerPoint(true, false, true));
+
+  CalculateSurfaceBounds(  m_Image->GetGeometry()->GetCornerPoint(true, false, false)
+                         , m_Image->GetGeometry()->GetCornerPoint(true, true, false));
+
+  CalculateSurfaceBounds(  m_Image->GetGeometry()->GetCornerPoint(true, true, false)
+                         , m_Image->GetGeometry()->GetCornerPoint(true, true, true));
+}
+
+void mitk::ClippedSurfaceBoundsCalculator::CalculateSurfaceBounds(Point3D startPoint, Point3D endPoint)
+{
+  if(this->GetIntersectionPoint(startPoint, endPoint) != NULL)
+  {
+    mitk::Point3D* point3D = this->GetIntersectionPoint(startPoint, endPoint);
+    mitk::Point3D indexPoint3D;
+    m_Image->GetGeometry()->WorldToIndex(*point3D, indexPoint3D);
+
+    for(int dim = 0; dim < 3; dim++)
+    {
+      // minimum
+      if(this->m_MinMaxOutput[dim].first > ROUND_P(indexPoint3D[dim]))
+      {
+        this->m_MinMaxOutput[dim].first = ROUND_P(indexPoint3D[dim]);
+      }
+
+      // maximum
+      if(this->m_MinMaxOutput[dim].second < ROUND_P(indexPoint3D[dim]))
+      {
+        this->m_MinMaxOutput[dim].second = ROUND_P(indexPoint3D[dim]);
+      }
+    }
+    delete point3D;
+  }
+
+//  }
+}
+
+mitk::Point3D* mitk::ClippedSurfaceBoundsCalculator::GetIntersectionPoint(Point3D startPoint, Point3D endPoint)
+{
+  Point3D* intersectionPoint = new Point3D();
+  vtkSmartPointer<vtkPoints> points = vtkPoints::New();
+  points->SetNumberOfPoints(1);
+
+  endPoint[0] =- startPoint[0];
+  endPoint[1] =- startPoint[1];
+  endPoint[2] =- startPoint[2];
+
+  Vector3D bottomVec;
+
+  FillVector3D(bottomVec, endPoint[0], endPoint[1], endPoint[2]);
+
+  mitk::Line3D line(startPoint, bottomVec);
+
+  m_Geometry2D->IntersectionPoint(line, *intersectionPoint);
+
+  if(m_Geometry2D->IsOnPlane(*intersectionPoint))
+  {
+    return intersectionPoint;
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+}
+
+mitk::ClippedSurfaceBoundsCalculator::outputType mitk::ClippedSurfaceBoundsCalculator::GetMinMaxSpatialDirectionX()
+{
+  return this->m_MinMaxOutput[0];
+}
+
+mitk::ClippedSurfaceBoundsCalculator::outputType mitk::ClippedSurfaceBoundsCalculator::GetMinMaxSpatialDirectionY()
+{
+  return this->m_MinMaxOutput[1];
+}
+
+mitk::ClippedSurfaceBoundsCalculator::outputType mitk::ClippedSurfaceBoundsCalculator::GetMinMaxSpatialDirectionZ()
+{
+  return this->m_MinMaxOutput[2];
+}
+
+void mitk::ClippedSurfaceBoundsCalculator::Update()
+{
+  this->CalculateSurfaceBounds();
+}
diff --git a/Core/Code/Algorithms/mitkClippedSurfaceBoundsCalculator.h b/Core/Code/Algorithms/mitkClippedSurfaceBoundsCalculator.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f0a8f68bab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Core/Code/Algorithms/mitkClippedSurfaceBoundsCalculator.h
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#ifndef ClippedSurfaceBoundsCalculator_h_included
+#define ClippedSurfaceBoundsCalculator_h_included
+
+#include "OverlaysExports.h"
+#include "mitkGeometry2DData.h"
+#include "mitkImage.h"
+#include "mitkGeometry2DDataToSurfaceFilter.h"
+#include "mitkSlicedGeometry3D.h"
+#include "mitkSliceNavigationController.h"
+#include "mitkCommon.h"
+#include "vtkPoints.h"
+#include "mitkVector.h"
+
+
+/**
+ * \brief Class to find
+ *
+*/
+
+namespace mitk
+{
+
+class Overlays_EXPORT ClippedSurfaceBoundsCalculator
+{
+
+  public:
+    ClippedSurfaceBoundsCalculator(const mitk::PlaneGeometry* geometry = NULL, mitk::Image::Pointer image = NULL);
+    virtual ~ClippedSurfaceBoundsCalculator();
+
+
+    void SetInput(const mitk::PlaneGeometry* geometry, mitk::Image::Pointer image);
+    void Update();
+
+    typedef std::pair<int, int> outputType;
+
+    outputType GetMinMaxSpatialDirectionX();
+    outputType GetMinMaxSpatialDirectionY();
+    outputType GetMinMaxSpatialDirectionZ();
+
+  protected:
+    void CalculateSurfaceBounds();
+    void CalculateSurfaceBounds(Point3D right, Point3D bottom);
+    mitk::Point3D* GetIntersectionPoint(Point3D right, Point3D bottom);
+
+    const mitk::PlaneGeometry* m_Geometry2D;
+    mitk::Image::Pointer m_Image;
+    std::vector< outputType > m_MinMaxOutput;
+
+};
+
+} //namespace mitk
+#endif
+
+
diff --git a/Core/Code/files.cmake b/Core/Code/files.cmake
index f4a7a6bf40..a0c3235dc8 100644
--- a/Core/Code/files.cmake
+++ b/Core/Code/files.cmake
@@ -1,275 +1,277 @@
 SET(H_FILES
   Algorithms/itkImportMitkImageContainer.h
   Algorithms/itkImportMitkImageContainer.txx
   Algorithms/itkLocalVariationImageFilter.h
   Algorithms/itkLocalVariationImageFilter.txx
   Algorithms/itkMITKScalarImageToHistogramGenerator.h
   Algorithms/itkMITKScalarImageToHistogramGenerator.txx
   Algorithms/itkTotalVariationDenoisingImageFilter.h
   Algorithms/itkTotalVariationDenoisingImageFilter.txx
   Algorithms/itkTotalVariationSingleIterationImageFilter.h
   Algorithms/itkTotalVariationSingleIterationImageFilter.txx
 
   Algorithms/mitkImageAccessByItk.h
   Algorithms/mitkImageCast.h
   Algorithms/mitkImageToItk.h
   Algorithms/mitkImageToItk.txx
   Algorithms/mitkInstantiateAccessFunctions.h
   Algorithms/mitkITKImageImport.h
   Algorithms/mitkITKImageImport.txx
   Algorithms/mitkPixelTypeList.h
 
   # Preprocessor macros taken from Boost
   Algorithms/mitkPPArithmeticDec.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPArgCount.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPCat.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPConfig.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPControlExprIIf.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPControlIf.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPControlIIf.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPDebugError.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPDetailAutoRec.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPDetailDMCAutoRec.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPExpand.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPFacilitiesEmpty.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPFacilitiesExpand.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPLogicalBool.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPRepetitionDetailDMCFor.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPRepetitionDetailEDGFor.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPRepetitionDetailFor.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPRepetitionDetailMSVCFor.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPRepetitionFor.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPSeqElem.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPSeqForEach.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPSeqForEachProduct.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPSeq.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPSeqEnum.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPSeqSize.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPSeqToTuple.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPStringize.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPTupleEat.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPTupleElem.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPTupleRem.h
+  Algorithms/mitkClippedSurfaceBoundsCalculator.h
 
   DataManagement/mitkCommon.h
   Interactions/mitkEventMapperAddOn.h
 )
 
 SET(CPP_FILES
   Algorithms/mitkBaseDataSource.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkBaseProcess.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkCoreObjectFactoryBase.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkCoreObjectFactory.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkDataNodeFactory.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkDataNodeSource.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkGeometry2DDataToSurfaceFilter.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkHistogramGenerator.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkImageCaster.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkImageCastPart1.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkImageCastPart2.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkImageCastPart3.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkImageCastPart4.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkImageChannelSelector.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkImageSliceSelector.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkImageSource.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkImageTimeSelector.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkImageToImageFilter.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkPointSetSource.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkPointSetToPointSetFilter.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkRGBToRGBACastImageFilter.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkSubImageSelector.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkSurfaceSource.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkSurfaceToSurfaceFilter.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkUIDGenerator.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkVolumeCalculator.cpp
+  Algorithms/mitkClippedSurfaceBoundsCalculator.cpp
   Controllers/mitkBaseController.cpp
   Controllers/mitkCallbackFromGUIThread.cpp
   Controllers/mitkCameraController.cpp
   Controllers/mitkCameraRotationController.cpp
   Controllers/mitkFocusManager.cpp
   Controllers/mitkLimitedLinearUndo.cpp
   Controllers/mitkOperationEvent.cpp
   Controllers/mitkProgressBar.cpp
   Controllers/mitkRenderingManager.cpp
   Controllers/mitkSliceNavigationController.cpp
   Controllers/mitkSlicesCoordinator.cpp
   Controllers/mitkSlicesRotator.cpp
   Controllers/mitkSlicesSwiveller.cpp
   Controllers/mitkStatusBar.cpp
   Controllers/mitkStepper.cpp
   Controllers/mitkTestManager.cpp
   Controllers/mitkUndoController.cpp
   Controllers/mitkVerboseLimitedLinearUndo.cpp
   Controllers/mitkVtkInteractorCameraController.cpp
   Controllers/mitkVtkLayerController.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkAbstractTransformGeometry.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkAnnotationProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkApplicationCursor.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkBaseData.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkBaseProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkClippingProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkColorProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkDataStorage.cpp
   #DataManagement/mitkDataTree.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkDataNode.cpp
   #DataManagement/mitkDataTreeStorage.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkDisplayGeometry.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkEnumerationProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkGeometry2D.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkGeometry2DData.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkGeometry3D.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkGeometryData.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkGroupTagProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkImage.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkImageDataItem.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkLandmarkBasedCurvedGeometry.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkLandmarkProjectorBasedCurvedGeometry.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkLandmarkProjector.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkLevelWindow.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkLevelWindowManager.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkLevelWindowPreset.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkLevelWindowProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkLookupTable.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkLookupTables.cpp # specializations of GenericLookupTable
   DataManagement/mitkMemoryUtilities.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkModalityProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkModeOperation.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateAnd.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateBase.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateCompositeBase.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateData.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateDataType.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateDimension.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateFirstLevel.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateNot.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateOr.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateSource.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPlaneOrientationProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPlaneGeometry.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPlaneOperation.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPointOperation.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPointSet.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkProperties.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPropertyList.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkRotationOperation.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkSlicedData.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkSlicedGeometry3D.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkSmartPointerProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkStandaloneDataStorage.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkStateTransitionOperation.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkStringProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkSurface.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkSurfaceOperation.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkThinPlateSplineCurvedGeometry.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkTimeSlicedGeometry.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkTransferFunction.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkTransferFunctionInitializer.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkVector.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkVtkInterpolationProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkVtkRepresentationProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkVtkResliceInterpolationProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkVtkScalarModeProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkVtkVolumeRenderingProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkWeakPointerProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkShaderProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkResliceMethodProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkMaterial.cpp
   Interactions/mitkAction.cpp
   Interactions/mitkAffineInteractor.cpp
   Interactions/mitkCoordinateSupplier.cpp
   Interactions/mitkDisplayCoordinateOperation.cpp
   Interactions/mitkDisplayInteractor.cpp
   Interactions/mitkDisplayPositionEvent.cpp
   Interactions/mitkDisplayVectorInteractor.cpp
   Interactions/mitkDisplayVectorInteractorLevelWindow.cpp
   Interactions/mitkDisplayVectorInteractorScroll.cpp
   Interactions/mitkEvent.cpp
   Interactions/mitkEventDescription.cpp
   Interactions/mitkEventMapper.cpp
   Interactions/mitkGlobalInteraction.cpp
   Interactions/mitkInteractor.cpp
   Interactions/mitkMouseMovePointSetInteractor.cpp
   Interactions/mitkMoveSurfaceInteractor.cpp
   Interactions/mitkNodeDepententPointSetInteractor.cpp
   Interactions/mitkPointSetInteractor.cpp
   Interactions/mitkPositionEvent.cpp
   Interactions/mitkPositionTracker.cpp
   Interactions/mitkState.cpp
   Interactions/mitkStateEvent.cpp
   Interactions/mitkStateMachine.cpp
   Interactions/mitkStateMachineFactory.cpp
   Interactions/mitkTransition.cpp
   Interactions/mitkWheelEvent.cpp
   Interactions/mitkKeyEvent.cpp
   Interactions/mitkVtkEventAdapter.cpp
   IO/mitkBaseDataIOFactory.cpp
   IO/mitkDicomSeriesReader.cpp
   IO/mitkFileReader.cpp
   IO/mitkFileSeriesReader.cpp
   IO/mitkFileWriter.cpp
   IO/mitkIpPicGet.c 
   IO/mitkImageGenerator.cpp
   IO/mitkImageWriter.cpp
   IO/mitkImageWriterFactory.cpp
   IO/mitkItkImageFileIOFactory.cpp
   IO/mitkItkImageFileReader.cpp
   IO/mitkItkPictureWrite.cpp
   IO/mitkLookupTableProperty.cpp
   IO/mitkOperation.cpp
   IO/mitkPicFileIOFactory.cpp
   IO/mitkPicFileReader.cpp
   IO/mitkPicFileWriter.cpp
   IO/mitkPicHelper.cpp
   IO/mitkPicVolumeTimeSeriesIOFactory.cpp
   IO/mitkPicVolumeTimeSeriesReader.cpp
   IO/mitkPixelType.cpp
   IO/mitkPointSetIOFactory.cpp
   IO/mitkPointSetReader.cpp
   IO/mitkPointSetWriter.cpp
   IO/mitkPointSetWriterFactory.cpp
   IO/mitkRawImageFileReader.cpp
   IO/mitkStandardFileLocations.cpp
   IO/mitkSTLFileIOFactory.cpp
   IO/mitkSTLFileReader.cpp
   IO/mitkSurfaceVtkWriter.cpp
   IO/mitkSurfaceVtkWriterFactory.cpp
   IO/mitkVtiFileIOFactory.cpp
   IO/mitkVtiFileReader.cpp
   IO/mitkVtkImageIOFactory.cpp
   IO/mitkVtkImageReader.cpp
   IO/mitkVtkSurfaceIOFactory.cpp
   IO/mitkVtkSurfaceReader.cpp
   IO/vtkPointSetXMLParser.cpp
   IO/mitkLog.cpp
   Rendering/mitkBaseRenderer.cpp
   Rendering/mitkVtkMapper2D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkVtkMapper3D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkRenderWindowFrame.cpp
   Rendering/mitkGeometry2DDataMapper2D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkGeometry2DDataVtkMapper3D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkGLMapper2D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkGradientBackground.cpp
   Rendering/mitkManufacturerLogo.cpp
   Rendering/mitkMapper2D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkMapper3D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkMapper.cpp
   Rendering/mitkPointSetGLMapper2D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkPointSetVtkMapper3D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkPolyDataGLMapper2D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkSurfaceGLMapper2D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkSurfaceVtkMapper3D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkVolumeDataVtkMapper3D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkVtkPropRenderer.cpp
   Rendering/mitkVtkWidgetRendering.cpp
   Rendering/vtkMitkRectangleProp.cpp
   Rendering/vtkMitkRenderProp.cpp
   Rendering/mitkVtkEventProvider.cpp
   Rendering/mitkRenderWindow.cpp
   Rendering/mitkRenderWindowBase.cpp
   Rendering/mitkShaderRepository.cpp
 
   Rendering/mitkImageMapperGL2D.cpp
   Rendering/vtkMitkThickSlicesFilter.cpp
 )