diff --git a/src/slic3r/GUI/CAD/DesignCanvas.cpp b/src/slic3r/GUI/CAD/DesignCanvas.cpp
index fa58034052..35772b0da1 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/GUI/CAD/DesignCanvas.cpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/GUI/CAD/DesignCanvas.cpp
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ DesignCanvas::DesignCanvas(wxWindow* parent)
     m_canvas->enable_collapse_toolbar(false);
     m_canvas->enable_plate_chrome(false);
     m_canvas->enable_labels(false);
+    m_canvas->enable_sinking_contours(false); // they would be sliced from the plater's meshes
     m_canvas->set_axes_at_bed_center(true);   // triad at bed centre = modeling origin
 
     m_canvas->set_design_sketch_tool(&m_sketch_tool);
diff --git a/src/slic3r/GUI/GLCanvas3D.cpp b/src/slic3r/GUI/GLCanvas3D.cpp
index 4ecb6a52db..afc885752a 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/GUI/GLCanvas3D.cpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/GUI/GLCanvas3D.cpp
@@ -8753,7 +8753,7 @@ void GLCanvas3D::_render_objects(GLVolumeCollection::ERenderType type, bool with
     else {
         m_volumes.set_clipping_plane(m_camera_clipping_plane.get_data());
     }
-    if (m_canvas_type == CanvasAssembleView)
+    if (m_canvas_type == CanvasAssembleView || !m_sinking_contours_enabled)
         m_volumes.set_show_sinking_contours(false);
     else
         m_volumes.set_show_sinking_contours(!m_gizmos.is_hiding_instances());
diff --git a/src/slic3r/GUI/GLCanvas3D.hpp b/src/slic3r/GUI/GLCanvas3D.hpp
index 62cf13dd6b..c1c2c7a1f9 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/GUI/GLCanvas3D.hpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/GUI/GLCanvas3D.hpp
@@ -606,6 +606,9 @@ private:
     // Design tab: draw the printer bed and its plate grid at all. Default true, so the
     // main editor is untouched; the Design tab lets the user hide it to model without a bed.
     bool m_show_bed{true};
+    // Design tab: draw the outline where a volume crosses the bed. GLVolume::SinkingContours slices
+    // the plater model's mesh by the volume's ids, so a canvas over its own Model must turn it off.
+    bool m_sinking_contours_enabled{true};
     // Design tab: CAD grid drawn on the bed plane in place of the plate's corner-origin grid.
     // Two GLModels (10 mm minor / 50 mm major) generated from the bed centre so a line passes
     // exactly through the modeling origin; built once and rebuilt only when the bed shape changes.
@@ -1021,6 +1024,7 @@ public:
     void set_axes_at_bed_center(bool b) { m_axes_at_bed_center = b; }
     void set_show_bed(bool b) { m_show_bed = b; }
     bool get_show_bed() const { return m_show_bed; }
+    void enable_sinking_contours(bool enable) { m_sinking_contours_enabled = enable; }
 #ifdef SLIC3R_CAD
     void set_design_sketch_tool(DesignSketchTool* tool) { m_design_sketch_tool = tool; }
     DesignSketchTool* get_design_sketch_tool() const { return m_design_sketch_tool; }