# Overlapping line section

**URL:** https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/overlapping-line-section/11735
**Category:** Modeling Questions
**Created:** [March 8, 2021, 1:26pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/overlapping-line-section/11735 "2021-03-08T13:26:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![RacketRebel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RacketRebel](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/RacketRebel)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2021, 1:26pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/overlapping-line-section/11735/1 "2021-03-08T13:26:33Z")

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How to select a line that is in top of an other line or below.

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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 8, 2021, 5:03pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/overlapping-line-section/11735/2 "2021-03-08T17:03:06Z")

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Look at the + Add a plane options. That might help.

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### Author: ![RacketRebel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RacketRebel](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/RacketRebel)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2021, 7:22pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/overlapping-line-section/11735/3 "2021-03-08T19:22:51Z")

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Do you mean that for each overlapping line(s) a need to add a new drawing plane and hide the other one.  
But than raises the question how to lock on a point in the other drawing plane?

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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 9, 2021, 12:35am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/overlapping-line-section/11735/4 "2021-03-09T00:35:27Z")

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You can create a plane thru 3 points. Will that work?

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### Author: ![Yepher](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/yepher/32/8902_2.png) [@Yepher](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Yepher)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2021, 2:05am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/overlapping-line-section/11735/5 "2021-03-09T02:05:36Z")

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Not sure if this always works but if you select one of the lines and then select the background there is a little `o` that shows the end of the line. If you select that you can select that line.

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/0/8/08d9f9b710a78af815c9ff55179da0669f95315b.jpeg "Select Line on Top of Other LIne") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6_EyjEoOOg)

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### Author: ![RacketRebel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RacketRebel](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/RacketRebel)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/overlapping-line-section/11735/6 "2021-03-09T21:32:00Z")

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Thanks, that works fine for me.