1. A method comprising: displaying an image of a virtual weld joint having a virtual weld bead, on a display device of a virtual reality welding system, that was generated using the virtual reality welding system; scrolling across a length dimension of the image of the virtual weld joint using a user interface of the virtual reality welding system; and displaying an image of a cross-sectional area through the virtual weld joint at successive locations along the length dimension of the image of the virtual weld joint on the display device of the virtual reality welding system in response to the scrolling.