# Sketching a hole on the surface?

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/sketching-a-hole-on-the-surface/23>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [January 26, 2016, 5:36pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/sketching-a-hole-on-the-surface/23 "2016-01-26T17:36:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johngerard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/90db22/32.png) [@Johngerard](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Johngerard)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 9:25pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/sketching-a-hole-on-the-surface/23/21 "2020-04-17T21:25:33Z")

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I figured it out. I basically clicked of the plane view and drew on what I thought was the object. But was just a plane above the object. It does allow me to extrude the plane through the object and that will cut a hole in said object. Much easier than having to use the Subtract tool.

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