# Is there a way to get the lines of the shaded viewport as vector output?

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**Category:** Rhino for Windows\
**Created:** [July 17, 2014, 10:05am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-get-the-lines-of-the-shaded-viewport-as-vector-output/10061 "2014-07-17T10:05:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Micha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/micha/32/482509_2.png) [@Micha](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Micha)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 10:05am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-get-the-lines-of-the-shaded-viewport-as-vector-output/10061/1 "2014-07-17T10:05:07Z")

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… I try to avoid \_make2d, because it quite slow at my model and there are to much lines. The viewport lines are perfect, but I need a dashed line version of the view. So I like to export it and apply the dash line style in a vector program. How can it be done?

Ciao,  
Micha

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**Author:** ![JimCarruthers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/jimcarruthers/32/504725_2.png) [@JimCarruthers](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/JimCarruthers)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 10:42am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-get-the-lines-of-the-shaded-viewport-as-vector-output/10061/2 "2014-07-17T10:42:13Z")

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It can’t. Otherwise Make2D wouldn’t exist. The hidden-line viewport stuff uses a bunch of “trickery” that doesn’t actually make curves, it’s some sort of shading that looks like curves.

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**Author:** ![Willem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/willem/32/554347_2.png) [@Willem](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Willem)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 3:11pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-get-the-lines-of-the-shaded-viewport-as-vector-output/10061/3 "2014-07-26T15:11:30Z")

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Hi Micha,

FWIW:  
Is it an option to export to AI?  
You could import it back again and set linetype.

-Willem

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**Author:** ![Micha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/micha/32/482509_2.png) [@Micha](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Micha)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2014, 5:34am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-get-the-lines-of-the-shaded-viewport-as-vector-output/10061/4 "2014-07-27T05:34:15Z")

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I hoped to find a fast direct way without the slow make2D and the needed clean up. But right, I use make2d now. I hope in the future we will see line types at the different display modes too.