# Guide Line without point

**URL:** <https://forums.sketchup.com/t/guide-line-without-point/120389>\
**Category:** Pro\
**Created:** [March 31, 2020, 8:37am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/guide-line-without-point/120389 "2020-03-31T08:37:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![susketch17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@susketch17](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/susketch17)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 8:37am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/guide-line-without-point/120389/1 "2020-03-31T08:37:02Z")

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HI.,

is it possible to create the guides like this, without the guide point.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/6/6/663389cb80365871efb43d9022141102ebddc601.png)

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/e/8/e8e0b8970623ea91af1ee8b981d851a1f60d4ebe.png)

How to do this kind of stuff.

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**Author:** ![Wo3Dan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/wo3dan/32/7450_2.png) [@Wo3Dan](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Wo3Dan)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 8:48am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/guide-line-without-point/120389/2 "2020-03-31T08:48:07Z")

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Yes, with a plugin that converts edges into construction lines. (Can’t recall the name).

The inference engine finds them. Not the tail of a guidepoint.

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**Author:** ![susketch17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@susketch17](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/susketch17)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 8:51am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/guide-line-without-point/120389/3 "2020-03-31T08:51:28Z")

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is it Daiku’s Convert Construction line or something else

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/c/c/cc0879ca103a35148fcd32ce7706f17dae0b364e.png)

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**Author:** ![g.h.hubers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/919ad9/32.png) [@g.h.hubers](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/g.h.hubers)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 9:02am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/guide-line-without-point/120389/4 "2020-03-31T09:02:19Z")

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Yes, that’s the one I mentioned.

added: _ **construction line** _ by daiku  
[https://extensions.sketchup.com/en/content/construction-line](https://extensions.sketchup.com/en/content/construction-line)

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**Author:** ![john\_mcclenahan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/john_mcclenahan/32/135377_2.png) [@john\_mcclenahan](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/john_mcclenahan)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 9:19am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/guide-line-without-point/120389/5 "2020-03-31T09:19:23Z")

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There’s another that works differently but achieves the same result - CLineTool.rb.

AFAIK not in either Extension Warehouse or SketchUcation Plugin Store. It used to be obtainable from [SketchUp Plugins and Blog: Plugin: Construction Line Tool](http://sketchuptips.blogspot.com/2008/02/plugin-construction-line-tool.html) but the download link there is not working.

Here’s the file: [clinetool.rb](https://forums.sketchup.com/uploads/short-url/zGTNBdDjVapOX4ylVfYquVM98Zg.rb) (12.9 KB)

Copy the file into your Plugins folder, then restart Sketchup. It appears in the Draw menu as Construction Lines. I set up a shortcut to it - Shift+L.

You can directly draw guidelines, with an option to toggle endpoints on or off - tap the Option key (Mac) or Alt key (Windows) to invoke the toggle.

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**Author:** ![susketch17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@susketch17](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/susketch17)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 9:22am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/guide-line-without-point/120389/6 "2020-03-31T09:22:23Z")

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Thank you all…