Understanding physical phenomena often requires a comprehensive imagination of the subject. Visualization software uses two main approaches for presenting three-dimensional (3D) physical systems in two dimensions (2D): 3D virtual simulation (3D view) or 2D cross-sections (2D view). We focused on liquid crystals (LCs) in our comparative study of comprehension of both views for two groups of students: unfamiliar and familiar with LCs. We found that students with experiences in this field prefer the use of 2D view while other students are significantly worse in interpretation of 2D views.