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Shown on a handle, not a hook. Pick a straight stretch away from the holes and corners: here, the left leg. Click Front Plane, then Sketch tab, Sketch. Line: draw one open line across the leg with a key in the middle (a dovetail here, wider at the top). Start and end past both edges. Esc twice.

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Model the whole part first, then split it. On your hook, split where your stress plot is blue: the joint is the weakest place, so keep it where the hook works least. The key holds the pieces together when you pull; its sides lean out so the top piece cannot slide off.

What you should seeA line chain crosses the whole leg. It is not a closed loop.
- Guide: Run it and read the stress(opens in a new tab)
- Sketch plane(opens in a new tab)

Cut one hook into pieces with a thin cut