# Add back projection to 2D drawing

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/add-back-projection-to-2d-drawing/30136>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [February 2, 2024, 2:44am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/add-back-projection-to-2d-drawing/30136 "2024-02-02T02:44:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![rmeador](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ad7895/32.png) [@rmeador](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/rmeador)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 2:44am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/add-back-projection-to-2d-drawing/30136/1 "2024-02-02T02:44:27Z")

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I’m working with the Drawings feature for the first time (which I’m finding generally very easy to use!). I can’t figure out how to add a back projection, however. It looks like when I go to add projections, there are only 8 options that pop out of the base view: 4 isometrics, top, bottom, left, right:

 ![Screenshot 2024-02-01 at 9.40.36 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/2/e/2ef4332c493798c213ddd301f9942ce8b86e79db.png)

I was expecting a 9th option like you get when adding a base view:

 ![Screenshot 2024-02-01 at 9.40.06 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/d/9/d9bcd83cdd8517f937335610444e560e43e26172.png)

Is there a way to add the back view to my drawing?

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**Author:** ![Daniel\_Horvath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@Daniel\_Horvath](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Daniel_Horvath)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 8:30am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/add-back-projection-to-2d-drawing/30136/2 "2024-02-02T08:30:17Z")

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Hey @rmeador, if you want the back view to be aligned with the other views, you can add back view by projecting a side - or top/bottom view.  
If you simply want a back view which is not aligned with other views, you can select back view in base view tool.  
Here is a short video about it:

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**Author:** ![rmeador](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ad7895/32.png) [@rmeador](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/rmeador)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 6:33pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/add-back-projection-to-2d-drawing/30136/3 "2024-02-02T18:33:20Z")

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Thank you! That indeed solves my problem. I could swear I saw an error message earlier when I was playing with it that says you can’t project from a projection, but following your steps it works great. I don’t think this is the most discoverable UI paradigm, so I wonder if you might want to add a low-priority issue to the backlog to revisit it.