Either allowing to play with distance of the background shading, or directly slicing the model, like in chimera: http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/data/tutorials/volumetour/volumetour.html 
Either allowing to play with distance of the background shading, or directly slicing the model, like in chimera:

http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/data/tutorials/volumetour/volumetour.html