# Cannot draw on construction plane

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/cannot-draw-on-construction-plane/12947>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [May 22, 2021, 8:44am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/cannot-draw-on-construction-plane/12947 "2021-05-22T08:44:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Macek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/macek/32/10447_2.png) [@Macek](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Macek)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2021, 8:44am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/cannot-draw-on-construction-plane/12947/1 "2021-05-22T08:44:18Z")

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My nerves… guys i need help, iam so frustrated… no matter what i do, when i put on a new construction plane, it keeps sketching beyond it. What do i have to do to sketch directly on my plane? I even tried to select it so its blue (indicates as selected) and them i pressed “sketch” but it still did draw behind this plane.

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**Author:** ![Macek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/macek/32/10447_2.png) [@Macek](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Macek)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2021, 8:44am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/cannot-draw-on-construction-plane/12947/2 "2021-05-22T08:44:49Z")

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**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/enginerd/32/10442_2.png) [@Enginerd](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Enginerd)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2021, 11:33am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/cannot-draw-on-construction-plane/12947/3 "2021-05-22T11:33:42Z")

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Did you double tap the construction plane with your finger? Pencil and finger are different.

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**Author:** ![Macek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/macek/32/10447_2.png) [@Macek](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Macek)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2021, 12:04pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/cannot-draw-on-construction-plane/12947/4 "2021-05-22T12:04:53Z")

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No, will try

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**Author:** ![TheBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@TheBum](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TheBum)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/cannot-draw-on-construction-plane/12947/5 "2021-05-22T16:45:01Z")

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You can also tap on the plane with the pencil and select Sketch from the tools to the left. It does the same thing.

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**Author:** ![Searchingfool](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/searchingfool/32/17158_2.png) [@Searchingfool](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Searchingfool)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/cannot-draw-on-construction-plane/12947/6 "2022-10-02T18:55:28Z")

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Hi there, I’m having this problem but I’m on a macbook pro - so I tried double clicking on the trackpad - or selecting first the plane and then the sketching - I accidentally got it to work once but I can’t figure out the combination of keys/clicks I used to get it - any help is appreciated - this works fine on my ipad.

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**Author:** ![Searchingfool](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/searchingfool/32/17158_2.png) [@Searchingfool](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Searchingfool)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/cannot-draw-on-construction-plane/12947/7 "2022-10-02T19:22:03Z")

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Hi so it seems I’ve found the answer - if I hover my cursor over the plane and at the same time press the space bar then that plane is selected for drawing.

Happy days.