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Designing > Intersecting > Projecting to a solid
Projecting to a solidUse the Project to Solid tool to create edges on a solid's face by extending the edges of another solid, surface, sketch, or note text.
To project the edges of a face, surface, sketch, or note text to a solid
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Select the Project to Solid tool 
from the Intersect ribbon group.
2 Click the face, surface, sketch or note text whose edges you want to project.
The projection occurs perpendicular to the selected object onto the nearest solid faces. The nearest solid faces are determined automatically.
3 (Optional) Alt+click a face or edge to set another direction for the projection.
To project edges to selected faces of a solid
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Select the Project to Solid tool
from the Intersect ribbon group.
2 Click the face, surface, or note text whose edges you want to project perpendicular to the face.
The nearest solid faces are determined automatically.
3 Select the Use Selected Faces option in the Options panel.
The purple edges disappear.
4 Select the faces you want to project onto individually.
Options
The following options are available for the Project to Solid tool. Select these options from the Options docking panel, or right-click and select them from the mini-toolbar:
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Use Selected Faces |
Select this option to project only onto the faces you choose. |
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Project Through Solids |
Select this option to project edges on all faces through the entire solid instead of just the faces closest to the "projector" face. |
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Extend Projected Edges |
When a projected edge does not completely span across a face, this option extends the lines until another edge is reached. |
