# Construction Lines in Shapr3d

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/construction-lines-in-shapr3d/9391>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [October 19, 2020, 12:25am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/construction-lines-in-shapr3d/9391 "2020-10-19T00:25:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![FrogCustoms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@FrogCustoms](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/FrogCustoms)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 12:25am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/construction-lines-in-shapr3d/9391/1 "2020-10-19T00:25:39Z")

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I am creating a box for pens. I am trying to add details to the box for my clips. When i was testing onshape they had a feature to create construction line that had no bearing on the model and i could constraints to move the guild lines to add feature to my model. Can i do that with Shapr??

Example

> **[Construction](https://cad.onshape.com/help/Content/sketch-tools-construction.htm)**

Explanation:  
Creating the box empty is easy. What i want to do is creating a 6mm construction line attach it to a line and drawn a 1mm circle. I use the 6mm line as guid i snap the circle to and the circle center point to as well. I would get you screen shits but i closed my OnShape account.

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**Author:** ![McD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/mcd/32/15504_2.png) [@McD](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/McD)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 1:42am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/construction-lines-in-shapr3d/9391/2 "2020-10-19T01:42:49Z")

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You can create as many lines as you like, and then hide them on a sketch plane, as not to interfere with modeling.

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**Author:** ![FrogCustoms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@FrogCustoms](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/FrogCustoms)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 1:53am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/construction-lines-in-shapr3d/9391/3 "2020-10-19T01:53:16Z")

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I’m super new at this. I’ve been testing several software for the past couple of weeks and decided to pick up Shapr. So I will experiment and see if I figure it out. One of the things I really liked about OnShape was its freedom in the sketching window. A lot of the constraints get locked down. I’ve been fighting against the contraints to pull the line and the circle in the sketch the plane and constrain it to a location.

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**Author:** ![McD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/mcd/32/15504_2.png) [@McD](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/McD)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 2:09am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/construction-lines-in-shapr3d/9391/4 "2020-10-19T02:09:43Z")

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I think you’ll find Shapr3D very capable. You can change the constraint settings, as well as unlock each line by tapping on the little locks.

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**Author:** ![FrogCustoms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@FrogCustoms](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/FrogCustoms)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/construction-lines-in-shapr3d/9391/5 "2020-10-19T15:56:52Z")

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I figured it. I am slowly learning the work flow.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/3/3c7b88a8849e9938b2495b9a9ac0b897be2e6d12.png)