# How can i sketch a line that runs along the edge of a different sketch?

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**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [January 25, 2019, 5:23pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-can-i-sketch-a-line-that-runs-along-the-edge-of-a-different-sketch/3891 "2019-01-25T17:23:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Larry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/47e85d/32.png) [@Larry](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Larry)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 5:23pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-can-i-sketch-a-line-that-runs-along-the-edge-of-a-different-sketch/3891/1 "2019-01-25T17:23:02Z")

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even when i hide the existing sketch, it reappears when i try to draw the line.

it seems to be vagely similar to this issue: [How to start a new sketch from the corner of a body](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-start-a-new-sketch-from-the-corner-of-a-body/3167)

but that does not have a reply.

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**Author:** ![Istvan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/istvan/32/23668_2.png) [@Istvan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Istvan)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-can-i-sketch-a-line-that-runs-along-the-edge-of-a-different-sketch/3891/2 "2019-01-25T17:25:05Z")

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Hi Larry,

what exactly do you want to do? Having a sketch line that fully overlaps with the edge of a body?

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**Author:** ![Larry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/47e85d/32.png) [@Larry](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Larry)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 3:17am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-can-i-sketch-a-line-that-runs-along-the-edge-of-a-different-sketch/3891/3 "2019-03-06T03:17:08Z")

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yes, it runs along part of the same line as another line, but joins to different lines that i will pull a body from

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**Author:** ![Mark.Sue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mark.Sue](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Mark.Sue)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 7:21am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-can-i-sketch-a-line-that-runs-along-the-edge-of-a-different-sketch/3891/4 "2019-03-06T07:21:06Z")

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Larry, Thanks for raising this, I have the same issue, there does not appear to be a way, like Groups, where you can use the same part of the grid for multiple sketches. In tutorials we are encouraged to lock a point on the main axis but this just adds the new sketch to the same sketch “group” and shows previous sketches in that “group”. If there was an option, like Groups, to add a new sketch, then add the new drawing to it we could then hide the original?

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**Author:** ![Zoli](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/zoli/32/592_2.png) [@Zoli](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Zoli)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 8:55am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-can-i-sketch-a-line-that-runs-along-the-edge-of-a-different-sketch/3891/5 "2019-03-06T08:55:40Z")

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Having multiple sketches separately on the same plane is on our roadmap. No ETA yet.