# Projecting Faces to Sketch for DXF Export
**URL:** https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/projecting-faces-to-sketch-for-dxf-export/28217
**Category:** Modeling Questions
**Created:** [October 1, 2023, 6:19am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/projecting-faces-to-sketch-for-dxf-export/28217 "2023-10-01T06:19:14Z")
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### Author:  [@TheReaktion](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TheReaktion)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2023, 6:19am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/projecting-faces-to-sketch-for-dxf-export/28217/1 "2023-10-01T06:19:14Z")
I’m coming to Shapr3d from Fusion 360. I like a lot of what I see and the pricing is more reasonable for a hobbyist like me.
I’m trying to figure out how to project faces to a sketch and export them as a DXF. This is for laser cutting. So for reference here’s my Fusion workflow:
1. Design item using individual bodies that are the same thickness as my cutting material.
2. Make copies of all those bodies and may them flat on the X plane.
3. Create a new sketch. Project those bodies into the sketch.
4. Export that sketch as a DXF.
From there I can import that DXF into Lightburn and cut the bodies out of my material. How would I accomplish this in Shapr3D?
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### Author:  [@McD](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/McD)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2023, 6:38am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/projecting-faces-to-sketch-for-dxf-export/28217/2 "2023-10-01T06:38:30Z")
For laser cutting, I’ve found one must use the top view when creating DXF files for lasering. To project something onto that plane, I sometimes Add a plane to that top view, at zero offset from the origin. I use Tools, Project onto that plane. Then export it as a Sketch, not a Drawing. Turn off any other features and export as DXF. This should work great for lasering. McD
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### Author:  [@TheBum](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TheBum)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2023, 10:25pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/projecting-faces-to-sketch-for-dxf-export/28217/3 "2023-10-01T22:25:29Z")
I agree that Project needs work. There are many times I’d like to project body edges onto a sketch and I’ve found no way to do that in Shapr3D, at least not recently.
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### Author:  [@Gary1](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Gary1)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2024, 11:08pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/projecting-faces-to-sketch-for-dxf-export/28217/4 "2024-11-26T23:08:17Z")
Placing it on the top plane did the trick. Thankyou so much! I have wasted nearly a day trying everything I could think of! Gary