diff --git a/src/NwcIO/Model/Sectioning/NwcMeshClipper.cs b/src/NwcIO/Model/Sectioning/NwcMeshClipper.cs
index 6928958..30cbec8 100644
--- a/src/NwcIO/Model/Sectioning/NwcMeshClipper.cs
+++ b/src/NwcIO/Model/Sectioning/NwcMeshClipper.cs
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ public static NwcMesh Clip(NwcMesh mesh, IReadOnlyList<NwcSectionPlane> planes)
             return mesh;
         }
 
+        // The planes are in world space and the vertices in the mesh's local space: cut with the planes mapped into
+        // local space, so the result keeps its vertices and Transform
+        if (mesh.Transform is not null)
+        {
+            double[] m = mesh.Transform.ToMatrix4x4();
+            activePlanes = activePlanes.Select(p => ToLocalSpace(p, m)).ToList();
+        }
+
         var currentVerts = new List<Vector3d>(mesh.Vertices);
         var currentIndices = new List<int>(mesh.Indices);
 
@@ -57,6 +65,30 @@ public static NwcMesh Clip(NwcMesh mesh, NwcSectionBox sectionBox)
         return Clip(mesh, sectionBox.ToSectionPlanes());
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Maps a world-space plane n·x = d (n normalized, as <see cref="ClipMeshByPlane"/> reads it) into the local space
+    /// of a mesh whose world position is x = M·l + t, with <paramref name="m"/> laid out as in
+    /// <see cref="NwcMesh.GetWorldVertices"/>: (Mᵀn)·l = d − n·t, then normalized.
+    /// </summary>
+    private static NwcSectionPlane ToLocalSpace(NwcSectionPlane plane, double[] m)
+    {
+        var n = plane.Normal.Normalize();
+        var localNormal = new Vector3d(
+            m[0] * n.X + m[1] * n.Y + m[2] * n.Z,
+            m[4] * n.X + m[5] * n.Y + m[6] * n.Z,
+            m[8] * n.X + m[9] * n.Y + m[10] * n.Z);
+        double localDistance = plane.Distance - (n.X * m[12] + n.Y * m[13] + n.Z * m[14]);
+
+        double length = localNormal.Length;
+        if (!(length > 1e-12) || !double.IsFinite(length) || !double.IsFinite(localDistance))
+        {
+            // Like GetWorldVertices, which keeps the local vertices for a transform it can't apply
+            return plane;
+        }
+
+        return new NwcSectionPlane(plane.PlaneIndex, localNormal / length, localDistance / length, plane.IsEnabled, plane.Alignment);
+    }
+
     private static void ClipMeshByPlane(
         List<Vector3d> inVerts,
         List<int> inIndices,
diff --git a/tests/NwcIO.Tests/SectioningTests.cs b/tests/NwcIO.Tests/SectioningTests.cs
index 4ec686d..0465006 100644
--- a/tests/NwcIO.Tests/SectioningTests.cs
+++ b/tests/NwcIO.Tests/SectioningTests.cs
@@ -155,6 +155,49 @@ public void NwcMeshClipper_Clip_DisabledPlane_LeavesMeshUnchanged()
         Assert.Equal(mesh.Indices.Count, clipped.Indices.Count);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void NwcMeshClipper_Clip_TranslatedMesh_CutsInWorldSpace()
+    {
+        var mesh = new NwcMesh
+        {
+            Id = 1,
+            Vertices = [new(0, 0, 0), new(1, 0, 0), new(0, 1, 0)],
+            Indices = [0, 1, 2],
+            Transform = new NwcTransform { Id = 1, Translation = new Vector3d(0, 0, 100) },
+        };
+
+        var above = NwcMeshClipper.Clip(mesh, [NwcSectionPlane.CreateBottom(50)]);
+        var below = NwcMeshClipper.Clip(mesh, [NwcSectionPlane.CreateTop(50)]);
+
+        Assert.Equal(1, above.TriangleCount);
+        Assert.Same(mesh.Transform, above.Transform);
+        Assert.All(above.GetWorldVertices(), v => Assert.Equal(100, v.Z, 9));
+        Assert.Equal(0, below.TriangleCount);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void NwcMeshClipper_Clip_RotatedMesh_CutsInWorldSpace()
+    {
+        // A quarter turn about Z maps local X onto world Y: the triangle spans world Y 2..4
+        double s = Math.Sqrt(0.5);
+        var mesh = new NwcMesh
+        {
+            Id = 1,
+            Vertices = [new(2, 0, 0), new(4, 0, 0), new(4, 0, 1)],
+            Indices = [0, 1, 2],
+            Transform = new NwcTransform { Id = 1, Translation = new Vector3d(10, 0, 0), Rotation = new Quaterniond(0, 0, s, s) },
+        };
+
+        var clipped = NwcMeshClipper.Clip(mesh, [NwcSectionPlane.CreateFront(3)]);
+
+        Assert.True(clipped.TriangleCount > 0);
+        var world = clipped.GetWorldVertices();
+        Assert.All(world, v => Assert.True(v.Y >= 3 - 1e-9, $"Y = {v.Y}"));
+        Assert.Contains(world, v => Math.Abs(v.Y - 4) < 1e-9);
+        Assert.Contains(world, v => Math.Abs(v.Y - 3) < 1e-9);
+        Assert.All(world, v => Assert.Equal(10, v.X, 9));
+    }
+
     [Theory]
     [InlineData(0, true)]
     [InlineData(1, true)]