# How to align a sketch with a model

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-align-a-sketch-with-a-model/26969>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [July 26, 2023, 4:14am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-align-a-sketch-with-a-model/26969 "2023-07-26T04:14:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![RTFM](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/rtfm/32/21385_2.png) [@RTFM](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/RTFM)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 4:14am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-align-a-sketch-with-a-model/26969/1 "2023-07-26T04:14:58Z")

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Hi,  
I think I saw this somewhere in my initial watch-everything-I-could-find intro to S3D, but now haven’t a clue where to find it again.

What I’m trying to do is to overlay a sketch on an already built solid. Seems like such a simple thing to do, but I can’t see how to do it.

Thanks.  
BTW - I am SO PLEASED to have discovered Shaper3D - it works the way I think, and I am having a LOT of fun. Thanks to the development team.

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**Author:** ![TigerMike](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/tigermike/32/32650_2.png) [@TigerMike](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TigerMike)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 4:30am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-align-a-sketch-with-a-model/26969/2 "2023-07-26T04:30:16Z")

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You can project a sketch on the surface of a body.

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**Author:** ![RTFM](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/rtfm/32/21385_2.png) [@RTFM](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/RTFM)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 4:37am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-align-a-sketch-with-a-model/26969/3 "2023-07-26T04:37:33Z")

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Ah, Project again. But doesn’t the sketch need to be aligned with the body first? So I guess I should be asking how to align a sketch with a solid?

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**Author:** ![TigerMike](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/tigermike/32/32650_2.png) [@TigerMike](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TigerMike)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 4:44am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-align-a-sketch-with-a-model/26969/4 "2023-07-26T04:44:37Z")

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Yes, the sketch should be aligned otherwise the newly projected sketch will be distorted. You can align the sketch to the body, or, the body to the sketch.