# Change from 1st to 3rd angle

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/change-from-1st-to-3rd-angle/24891>\
**Category:** Feature requests\
**Created:** [March 21, 2023, 7:57am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/change-from-1st-to-3rd-angle/24891 "2023-03-21T07:57:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Brad\_70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@Brad\_70](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Brad_70)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 7:57am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/change-from-1st-to-3rd-angle/24891/1 "2023-03-21T07:57:31Z")

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Hello good people  
I am a high school teacher in Australia and am loving Shapr 3D for the 3D printer but need to present 2D drawings in 3rd angle.

How can I change the default 1st angle setting to 3rd angle

Brad

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**Author:** ![H\_Daniel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7993a0/32.png) [@H\_Daniel](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/H_Daniel)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 8:08am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/change-from-1st-to-3rd-angle/24891/2 "2023-03-21T08:08:02Z")

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Hello Brad,  
When creating a Drawing, change the Sheet Size setting to ANSI standard. It will change the projection to 3rd angle.

[https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/5/7/57e49d6b0188bc4883420cfe93205d9c406cd377.mov](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/5/7/57e49d6b0188bc4883420cfe93205d9c406cd377.mov)

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**Author:** ![Brabs85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@Brabs85](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Brabs85)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 8:44am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/change-from-1st-to-3rd-angle/24891/3 "2023-03-21T08:44:20Z")

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Is there a way to change to 3rd angle but still keep the metric sheet sizes???  
TIA Jay

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**Author:** ![Brad\_70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@Brad\_70](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Brad_70)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 7:36am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/change-from-1st-to-3rd-angle/24891/4 "2023-03-23T07:36:23Z")

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Thank you very much!

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**Author:** ![mruseless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8c91f0/32.png) [@mruseless](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/mruseless)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 4:59pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/change-from-1st-to-3rd-angle/24891/5 "2026-02-08T16:59:57Z")

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Not sure when this changed, but this is no longer the case. Changing to an ANSI paper size does not update to third angle projection.