# How to divide the curve faces into the X and Y lines? **URL:** \ **Category:** SketchUp\ **Tags:** curves, faces, grid\ **Created:** [October 27, 2017, 3:52pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-divide-the-curve-faces-into-the-x-and-y-lines/54002 "2017-10-27T15:52:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alizadeh.kourosh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/alizadeh.kourosh/32/36468_2.png) [@alizadeh.kourosh](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/alizadeh.kourosh)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 3:52pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-divide-the-curve-faces-into-the-x-and-y-lines/54002/1 "2017-10-27T15:52:51Z")
Hello 🙂 how can divide the curve faces into the x and y lines? like a grid ---
**Author:** ![filibis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/filibis/32/28737_2.png) [@filibis](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/filibis)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 4:32pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-divide-the-curve-faces-into-the-x-and-y-lines/54002/2 "2017-10-27T16:32:50Z")
If i understand you correctly, you can use [**Drape Tool**](https://help.sketchup.com/en/article/3000135). See below .gif : ![drape_grid](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/0/9/096cc5dbca3a6dca5813b97305e82e61ab07299e.gif) ---
**Author:** ![john\_drivenupthewall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@john\_drivenupthewall](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/john_drivenupthewall)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 4:42pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-divide-the-curve-faces-into-the-x-and-y-lines/54002/3 "2017-10-27T16:42:10Z")
or paralel curved surface… ![divide_cylinder](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/b/1/b1eeae01c0158b17d716884157db4718da917927.gif) john ---
**Author:** ![alizadeh.kourosh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/alizadeh.kourosh/32/36468_2.png) [@alizadeh.kourosh](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/alizadeh.kourosh)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 5:27pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-divide-the-curve-faces-into-the-x-and-y-lines/54002/4 "2017-10-27T17:27:03Z")
Thank you That’s exactly what I wanted. ---
**Author:** ![alizadeh.kourosh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/alizadeh.kourosh/32/36468_2.png) [@alizadeh.kourosh](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/alizadeh.kourosh)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 5:27pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-divide-the-curve-faces-into-the-x-and-y-lines/54002/5 "2017-10-27T17:27:57Z")
Thank you so much for guidance. ---
**Author:** ![alizadeh.kourosh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/alizadeh.kourosh/32/36468_2.png) [@alizadeh.kourosh](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/alizadeh.kourosh)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-divide-the-curve-faces-into-the-x-and-y-lines/54002/6 "2017-10-27T18:35:51Z")
Excuse me, but it does not work on my curve surface. [Sample.skp](https://forums.sketchup.com/uploads/short-url/fu7f6noM25aXSIt4Rtq0FK07Hxz.skp) (149.2 KB) ---
**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-divide-the-curve-faces-into-the-x-and-y-lines/54002/7 "2017-10-27T18:40:37Z")
It would have saved everyone a lot of time if you had uploaded your sample in the first place. What exactly do you want to have happen? Do you just want to see the edges dividing the faces? Turn on Hidden Geometry in the View menu. Or you can make them visible by unsoftening them. Select the geometry and move the Soften/Smooth slider to the left. ---
**Author:** ![slbaumgartner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/slbaumgartner/32/7302_2.png) [@slbaumgartner](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/slbaumgartner)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-divide-the-curve-faces-into-the-x-and-y-lines/54002/8 "2017-10-27T18:55:21Z")
The surface in your model is a twisting 3D curve, little of which is even close to parallel to the x-y plane. So, it isn’t clear what you mean by “the x and y lines”. Do you mean a grid of evenly-spaced edges that follow around the curve both along and across the surface? ---
**Author:** ![filibis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/filibis/32/28737_2.png) [@filibis](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/filibis)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-divide-the-curve-faces-into-the-x-and-y-lines/54002/9 "2017-10-27T19:13:15Z")
> [@alizadeh.kourosh](#): > > Excuse me, but it does not work on my curve surface. It was a wild guess since you didn’t share much information about your geometry. * * * You can use [**QuadFace Tools**](https://extensions.sketchup.com/en/content/quadface-tools) to select/create loops & edges. ![ring_loop](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/b/4/b4f6cdeba72c96dcaa7e2ae2521a5eca37498ff7.gif) ---
**Author:** ![alizadeh.kourosh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/alizadeh.kourosh/32/36468_2.png) [@alizadeh.kourosh](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/alizadeh.kourosh)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-divide-the-curve-faces-into-the-x-and-y-lines/54002/10 "2017-10-27T19:21:18Z")
Thank you for solving the problem. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/f/2/f2a121500b085ed60806607a82720b092d800bb3.png) [@system](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 11:21am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-divide-the-curve-faces-into-the-x-and-y-lines/54002/11 "2018-01-27T11:21:28Z")
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