# Copy current model view as vector linework to the clipboard

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/copy-current-model-view-as-vector-linework-to-the-clipboard/41560>\
**Category:** Feature requests\
**Created:** [August 31, 2026, 8:53am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/copy-current-model-view-as-vector-linework-to-the-clipboard/41560 "2026-08-31T08:53:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 31, 2026, 8:53am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/copy-current-model-view-as-vector-linework-to-the-clipboard/41560/1 "2026-08-31T08:53:24Z")

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The problem that this feature will solve:

When I prepare instruction manuals, assembly diagrams, or product-detail graphics, I need clean 2D line art of my 3D model from a chosen view. At present, getting that artwork into Adobe Illustrator requires extra export/import steps or tracing a screenshot. This interrupts the workflow and can turn the result into a bitmap instead of editable vector artwork.

Brief description of the outcomes that you expect from this feature:

I would like to position the model in any view and use a command such as “Copy View as Vector Linework.” The visible silhouette and edges of the currently visible bodies should be placed on the system clipboard as editable vector paths, using a platform-native vector clipboard format that Adobe Illustrator can paste.

Pasting into Illustrator should produce editable paths on a transparent background, not a raster image. Options such as “visible edges only” versus “include hidden edges,” plus basic line styling, would be useful, but the core outcome is a one-step copy from the current Shapr3D view and paste into Illustrator.

What can’t you achieve without this feature?

I cannot move directly from a Shapr3D view to editable artwork. I have to create a drawing or export a file, take a screenshot, or process the result through another format before Illustrator. This slows down every manual or product-detail illustration and makes iterative view changes unnecessarily time-consuming.

This feature would make Shapr3D much faster for technical communication as well as modeling.