diff --git a/js/fea/DmaCell.js b/js/fea/DmaCell.js
index 9cff4de9eb5e4976b92d4e738ea580fa25939575..112f7c1a274c770816525bfd0e78234ec62c1ba8 100644
--- a/js/fea/DmaCell.js
+++ b/js/fea/DmaCell.js
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ DMACell.prototype.destroy = function(){
     };
 
     DMACubeCell.prototype.getHighlighterVertices = function(face){
-        if (face.normal.z<0.99) return null;//only highlight horizontal faces
+//        if (face.normal.z<0.99) return null;//only highlight horizontal faces
 
         //the vertices don't include the position transformation applied to cell.  Add these to create highlighter vertices
         var mesh = this.cellMesh.children[0];
diff --git a/js/menus/MenuWrapperView.js b/js/menus/MenuWrapperView.js
index 60dc0fe72249cddf42341f59aec9d190f5250db7..64e5cd323108e0334c949cefbb437a160310ec30 100644
--- a/js/menus/MenuWrapperView.js
+++ b/js/menus/MenuWrapperView.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ MenuWrapper = Backbone.View.extend({
         //init all tab view controllers
         this.latticeMenu = new LatticeMenuView({model:this.model, lattice:options.lattice});
         this.importMenu = new ImportMenuView({lattice:options.lattice, appState:this.model});
-        this.sketchMenu = new SketchMenuView({model:options.lattice.get("basePlane"), appState:this.model});
+        this.sketchMenu = new SketchMenuView({model:options.lattice, appState:this.model});
         this.partMenu = new PartMenuView({model:this.model, lattice:options.lattice});
         this.scriptMenu = new ScriptMenuView({model:this.model});
 //        this.animationMenu = new AnimationMenuView({model:options.lattice.get("basePlane"), appState:this.model});
diff --git a/js/menus/SketchMenuView.js b/js/menus/SketchMenuView.js
index 1aefd45cdd4982560cc84116d85474c1ca5642b9..f0b1a0e316f62a1b6d39cc78f8cdd6b6853d2481 100644
--- a/js/menus/SketchMenuView.js
+++ b/js/menus/SketchMenuView.js
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ SketchMenuView = Backbone.View.extend({
     },
 
     _moveSketchPlane: function(e){
-        this.model.set("zIndex", $(e.target).val());
+        this.model.get("basePlane").set("zIndex", $(e.target).val());
     },
 
     render: function(){
         if (this.appState.get("currentTab") != "sketch") return;
-        this.$el.html(this.template(this.model.attributes));
+        this.$el.html(this.template(this.model.get("basePlane").attributes));
 
         $('#zHeightSlider').slider({
             formatter: function(value) {
diff --git a/js/models/BasePlane.js b/js/models/BasePlane.js
index fb15c4932a1f2f673958cf378cc4cff43f4043e4..e3af6785a29008ec4038987718efb00962d707c1 100644
--- a/js/models/BasePlane.js
+++ b/js/models/BasePlane.js
@@ -42,15 +42,6 @@ BasePlane = Backbone.Model.extend({
         window.three.render();
     },
 
-    _renderZIndexChange: function(){
-        var zIndex = this.get("zIndex");
-        var scale = this.get("mesh").scale.z;
-        _.each(this.get("mesh"), function(mesh){
-            mesh.position.set(0, 0, zIndex*scale*2/Math.sqrt(6));
-        });
-        window.three.render();
-    },
-
 //    _renderForCurrentScene: function(){
 //    },
 
@@ -142,6 +133,15 @@ OctaBasePlane = BasePlane.extend({
         return [mesh];
     },
 
+    _renderZIndexChange: function(){
+        var zIndex = this.get("zIndex");
+        var scale = this.get("mesh")[0].scale.z;
+        _.each(this.get("mesh"), function(mesh){
+            mesh.position.set(0, 0, zIndex*scale*2/Math.sqrt(6));
+        });
+        window.three.render();
+    },
+
     _calcOctaFaceVertices: function(colSep){
 
         var vertices = [];
@@ -231,7 +231,16 @@ SquareBasePlane = BasePlane.extend({
 
         var mesh = new THREE.Mesh(planeGeometry, new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial({color:0x000000, transparent:true, opacity:0.0, side:THREE.DoubleSide}));
         mesh.myParent = this;//reference used for intersection highlighting
-        return [mesh, new THREE.Line(geometry, new THREE.LineBasicMaterial({color:0x000000, transparent:true, linewidth:1, opacity:this.get("material").opacity}), THREE.LinePieces)];
+        return [mesh, new THREE.Line(geometry, new THREE.LineBasicMaterial({color:0x000000, transparent:true, linewidth:2, opacity:this.get("material").opacity}), THREE.LinePieces)];
+    },
+
+    _renderZIndexChange: function(){
+        var zIndex = this.get("zIndex");
+        var scale = this.get("mesh")[0].scale.z;
+        _.each(this.get("mesh"), function(mesh){
+            mesh.position.set(0, 0, zIndex*scale);
+        });
+        window.three.render();
     },
 
     getHighlighterVertices: function(face, position){