# What's an easy way to project a 3D shape onto a flat surface, without Sandbox breaking the geometry?

When I project a 3D geometry onto a flat surface using the sandbox tools, it breaks the geometry at corners. This makes bringing topo lines from CAD into Sketchup for modeling very difficult.

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- Posted at: over 4 years ago
- Author title: Designer
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## Comments
### Comment 1

Please share an example of this in image format, in essence this is possible with projection tools.

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- Posted at: almost 4 years ago
- Author title: Head of Design




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