# Linking sketches to bodies

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/linking-sketches-to-bodies/40513>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [March 19, 2026, 2:08pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/linking-sketches-to-bodies/40513 "2026-03-19T14:08:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![DrKronos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/drkronos/32/36064_2.png) [@DrKronos](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/DrKronos)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 2:08pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/linking-sketches-to-bodies/40513/1 "2026-03-19T14:08:50Z")

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For simplicity, I will often snap a new sketch directly to existing geometry. I was wondering how I would link that new sketch to the body without having to link the new sketch the one the body is based on.

Here I would like to link my new sketch to the rotating lid body, so when I rotate it, the sketch moves with it:

 ![Screenshot 2026-03-19 145542](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/6/9/691e0abb023ec78b719a93accee84209d83e06e1.jpeg)

 ![Screenshot 2026-03-19 145612](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/e/6/e6b36049608e7b83671438fe58dc541663581158.jpeg)

How would I go about making the body’s edge the driver for the new sketch?

Is that possible at all or would I have to do linked driving sketches for this?

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**Author:** ![Oregonerd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/oregonerd/32/8012_2.png) [@Oregonerd](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Oregonerd)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/linking-sketches-to-bodies/40513/2 "2026-03-19T14:40:18Z")

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You can try projecting the face to a plane. But I don’t think that works unfortunately. Somewhere in the feature requests from way back when I asked for capturing a sketch with a plane at a cross section of the body and plane.

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**Author:** ![DrKronos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/drkronos/32/36064_2.png) [@DrKronos](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/DrKronos)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 3:35pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/linking-sketches-to-bodies/40513/3 "2026-03-19T15:35:00Z")

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Thank you for your answer! I figured it might not be possible without doing series of linked driving sketches, but it would indeed be a neat feature to be able to just pin a sketch to a body permanently.