# How to link two end of lines?

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-link-two-end-of-lines/953>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [May 7, 2017, 1:43pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-link-two-end-of-lines/953 "2017-05-07T13:43:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![ralux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@ralux](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/ralux)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2017, 1:43pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-link-two-end-of-lines/953/1 "2017-05-07T13:43:10Z")

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Hi,  
I’m playing with the app for about a week and bought it today.  
Got the problem, that sometimes to end of lines connect magnetically and build (when closed) an object to transform into 3d.  
But sometimes, I can zoom as big as I want, but the two ends of the lines do not connect with each other. How can I do this?

Thank you  
Tom

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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:** [May 7, 2017, 1:45pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-link-two-end-of-lines/953/2 "2017-05-07T13:45:12Z")

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When you are moving the points of curves, they will snap to specific points, like end points, mid points etc. Just move the end point of a line to another line’s end, that’s it.

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**Author:** ![ralux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@ralux](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/ralux)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2017, 2:05pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-link-two-end-of-lines/953/3 "2017-05-07T14:05:03Z")

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No, that does not work always. I tried now. When I start drawing, and stay for a long time at on my starting point (which is another line) it works. but i cannot combine two separate lines.  
I could not upload a file, but here is a link to my video:

> **[test - Tom Voosen](http://www.r-a.lu/Test/n-zKvntv/)**
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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:** [May 7, 2017, 3:35pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-link-two-end-of-lines/953/4 "2017-05-07T15:35:29Z")

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Those lines are on separate planes. You can’t connect lines that are not on the same plane. Currently we don’t support 3d curves, only planar sketches.

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**Author:** ![ralux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@ralux](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/ralux)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2017, 6:54pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-link-two-end-of-lines/953/5 "2017-05-07T18:54:06Z")

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Aaah ok.  
Yeah I just saw I messed up my whole sketch. How do I manage on which plane I sketch? Ist it possible to merge two of them?

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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:** [May 8, 2017, 7:46am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-link-two-end-of-lines/953/6 "2017-05-08T07:46:07Z")

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You can draw on the grid or on faces. Basically where you start drawing, it will define the plane of the sketch. Of you transform a sketch, it will create a new sketch plane of it, or if a sketch plane already exists there, the sketches will be added to that sketch plane. If you double tap on a face, the grid will move onto it, and you can sketch on the entire plane then. Also, if you tap on a sketch item in the groups menu, the grid will move to that sketch.

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**Author:** ![mg6makes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/mg6makes/32/23504_2.png) [@mg6makes](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/mg6makes)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-link-two-end-of-lines/953/7 "2024-02-09T18:54:37Z")

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this happened to me. I didn’t notice that I was drawing on two different sketch planes. Now I cannot connect the lines on my design. It is incredibly frustrating. The software should not make it this hard. How do I move lines to another sketch plane?

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**Author:** ![Stephen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/stephen/32/16350_2.png) [@Stephen](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Stephen)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2024, 12:10am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-link-two-end-of-lines/953/8 "2024-02-11T00:10:39Z")

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@mg6makes

It’s not a fault with the software, you just need to be careful.

To fix the problem, you can project all the lines onto a new plane and then they will join up for you.