# 2D Drawing of bended object

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/2d-drawing-of-bended-object/8686>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [August 17, 2020, 2:54pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/2d-drawing-of-bended-object/8686 "2020-08-17T14:54:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![TigerMike](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/tigermike/32/32650_2.png) [@TigerMike](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TigerMike)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/2d-drawing-of-bended-object/8686/2 "2020-08-17T15:37:41Z")

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Hi there,  
Create a construction plane and offset it from the edge you’d like make a line drawing. Use the **Project** tool.  
-Mike

> [@Generate sketch from flat object outline](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/generate-sketch-from-flat-object-outline/8469):
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> If I bring a step file into S3D of a flat surfaced rectangular object with cavities and then create a rectangle solid object in S3D and do a subtract to end up with solid bodies in S3D of the cavities. I then want to select the top flat surface outline to generate a sketch to work from. I have to go around the entire outline shape drawing lines from the outline edge to get it to individually fill in a sketch line of the edge. Afterwards I need to then go back and trim every intersecting line I d…

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