diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
index d56e56c..c7b5657 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
@@ -1092,6 +1092,34 @@ impl ModelApp {
         }
     }
 
+    /// The bodies the open Partition form would cut: those it lists, or every drawn body whose
+    /// surface lies on both sides of its datum plane. Empty without such a form.
+    pub fn partition_preview(&self) -> Vec<String> {
+        let Some(d) = self.dialog.as_ref().filter(|d| d.command == "geometry.partition") else { return Vec::new() };
+        let Ok(params) = serde_json::from_str::<Value>(&d.text) else { return Vec::new() };
+        if let Some(listed) = params.get("bodies").and_then(Value::as_array).filter(|l| !l.is_empty()) {
+            return listed.iter().filter_map(Value::as_str).map(str::to_string).collect();
+        }
+        let Some((point, normal)) = params.get("datum").and_then(Value::as_str).and_then(|n| self.session.model.datum(n)).and_then(|d| d.plane())
+        else {
+            return Vec::new();
+        };
+        let (point, normal) = (Vec3::from(point), Vec3::from(normal));
+        let display = &self.display.1;
+        let tol = 1e-6 * display.bounds.diagonal().max(1e-9);
+        // Per body: whether it has surface points below and above the plane.
+        let mut sides = vec![(false, false); self.pick.names.len()];
+        for t in &display.surface_tris {
+            let Some(side) = sides.get_mut(t.body as usize) else { continue };
+            for p in t.p {
+                let h = (p - point).dot(normal);
+                side.0 |= h < -tol;
+                side.1 |= h > tol;
+            }
+        }
+        self.pick.names.iter().zip(sides).filter(|(_, s)| s.0 && s.1).map(|(b, _)| b.name.clone()).collect()
+    }
+
     /// The datum the open datum form defines so far, drawn before OK.
     /// Worked out once per form text and model revision (a face centre costs a design query).
     fn datum_preview(&self) -> Option<fieldcraft_model::Datum> {
@@ -1336,7 +1364,8 @@ impl ModelApp {
         };
         let scene = self.scene_key();
         let set = self.selected_set();
-        let selected = hash(&|h| (scene, self.pick.generation, &set).hash(h));
+        let cut = self.partition_preview();
+        let selected = hash(&|h| (scene, self.pick.generation, &set, &cut).hash(h));
         let key = hash(&|h| (selected, self.pick.hover_generation).hash(h));
         if self.pick.overlay.0 == Some(key) {
             return (key, self.pick.overlay.1.clone());
@@ -1355,6 +1384,17 @@ impl ModelApp {
                 s.lines.extend(m.lines);
                 s.points.extend(m.points);
             }
+            // The bodies the open Partition form would cut (#347).
+            if !cut.is_empty() {
+                let items: Vec<selection::Item> = cut
+                    .iter()
+                    .filter_map(|b| fieldcraft_model::GeometryRef::new(b.as_str(), fieldcraft_model::Entity::Body).ok())
+                    .map(selection::Item::Geometry)
+                    .collect();
+                let m = self.with_picker(|p| p.items_overlay(&items, theme::rgb(t.pick_hover)));
+                s.tris.extend(m.tris);
+                s.lines.extend(m.lines);
+            }
             self.pick.selected_overlay = (Some(selected), Arc::new(s));
         }
         let mut s = (*self.pick.selected_overlay.1).clone();
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/menu.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/menu.rs
index 94317ed..c3aa574 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/menu.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/menu.rs
@@ -261,6 +261,25 @@ mod tests {
         (app, dir)
     }
 
+    /// The Partition form highlights the bodies its plane would cut: a plane through the plate
+    /// cuts it, one beyond it nothing, and listed bodies are those listed (#347).
+    #[test]
+    fn the_partition_form_names_the_bodies_it_would_cut() {
+        let (mut app, dir) = plate();
+        app.run("geometry.datum", json!({"name": "Far", "by": {"type": "offset", "plane": "yz", "offset": 1000}})).unwrap();
+        app.run("geometry.datum", json!({"name": "Cut", "by": {"type": "offset", "plane": "xy", "offset": 1}})).unwrap();
+        assert!(app.partition_preview().is_empty(), "no form, nothing");
+        app.open_form("geometry.partition", json!({"name": "Q", "datum": "Cut"}));
+        let cut = app.partition_preview();
+        assert_eq!(cut.len(), 2, "both cells of Half: {cut:?}");
+        app.open_form("geometry.partition", json!({"name": "Q", "datum": "Far"}));
+        assert!(app.partition_preview().is_empty());
+        let one = cut.first().cloned().unwrap();
+        app.open_form("geometry.partition", json!({"name": "Q", "datum": "Cut", "bodies": [one.clone()]}));
+        assert_eq!(app.partition_preview(), vec![one]);
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(dir);
+    }
+
     /// A screen point on datum `name`'s drawn lines.
     fn on_datum(app: &mut ModelApp, name: &str) -> egui::Pos2 {
         let bounds = app.display().bounds;