\ **Category:** Modeling Questions\ **Created:** [October 15, 2021, 7:47am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/request-separate-sketches-when-importing-dxf/15362 "2021-10-15T07:47:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1

**Author:** ![swebal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@swebal](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/swebal)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 7:47am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/request-separate-sketches-when-importing-dxf/15362/1 "2021-10-15T07:47:18Z")

Doesn’t matter if the first imported sketch is hidden or renamed, the second import will merge into the first. Please try the following files one after the other in the same design (had to zip because dxf can’t be chosen when attaching files from iPad). Importing them as separate designs works as expected. [Archive.zip](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/uploads/short-url/mC87uXoT5gPiFaDZDRWLRy23Otk.zip) (158.0 KB) Gears generated from excellent site: [Spur Gear Generator DXF – Evolvent Design](https://evolventdesign.com/pages/spur-gear-generator) ---

**Author:** ![swebal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@swebal](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/swebal)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 7:48am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/request-separate-sketches-when-importing-dxf/15362/2 "2021-10-15T07:48:58Z")

Now that I think of it, this might not be a bug since the sketches are in the same plane? However, I think they should be separate when imported, named after the file (like the first one). ---

**Author:** ![KPeter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/kpeter/32/7644_2.png) [@KPeter](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/KPeter)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 10:36am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/request-separate-sketches-when-importing-dxf/15362/3 "2021-10-15T10:36:10Z")

Hi @swebal, currently all the sketch elements placed on the same plane are treated as one single sketch. When you import two different files onto the same plane, they will be merged into a single sketch, you were right. To prevent this, please move the sketch you’ve imported first upwards or downwards just a bit. ---

**Author:** ![swebal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@swebal](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/swebal)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2021, 10:39am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/request-separate-sketches-when-importing-dxf/15362/4 "2021-10-16T10:39:21Z")

I thought so, I’ll change the title since it is now wrong. ---

**Author:** ![KPeter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/kpeter/32/7644_2.png) [@KPeter](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/KPeter)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 8:35am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/request-separate-sketches-when-importing-dxf/15362/5 "2021-10-18T08:35:01Z")

thanks for changing it 🙂