diff --git a/src/Mod/Path/App/Area.cpp b/src/Mod/Path/App/Area.cpp
index 2af48e8250..c60bcc0f9e 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Path/App/Area.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Path/App/Area.cpp
@@ -977,6 +977,7 @@ std::list<TopoDS_Wire> Area::project(const TopoDS_Shape &solid)
     area.myParams.Explode = false;
     area.myParams.FitArcs = false;
     area.myParams.Reorient = false;
+    area.myParams.Outline = false;
     area.myParams.Coplanar = CoplanarNone;
     area.add(joiner.comp, OperationUnion);
     TopoDS_Shape shape = area.getShape();
@@ -1358,6 +1359,19 @@ void Area::build() {
             myArea = std::move(area.myArea);
         }
 
+        if(myParams.Outline) {
+            myArea->Reorder();
+            for(auto it=myArea->m_curves.begin(),itNext=it;
+                it!=myArea->m_curves.end();
+                it=itNext)
+            {
+                ++itNext;
+                auto &curve = *it;
+                if(curve.IsClosed() && curve.IsClockwise())
+                    myArea->m_curves.erase(it);
+            }
+        }
+
         TIME_TRACE(t,"prepare");
 
     }catch(...) {
diff --git a/src/Mod/Path/App/AreaParams.h b/src/Mod/Path/App/AreaParams.h
index 362e4c640b..9df150fddc 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Path/App/AreaParams.h
+++ b/src/Mod/Path/App/AreaParams.h
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@
         "but 'Check' only gives warning.",(None)(Check)(Force)))\
     ((bool,reorient,Reorient,true,\
         "Re-orient closed wires in wire only shapes so that inner wires become holes."))\
+    ((bool,outline,Outline,false,\
+        "Remove all inner wires (holes) before output the final shape"))\
     ((bool,explode,Explode,false,\
         "If true, Area will explode the first shape into disconnected open edges, \n"\
         "with all curves discretized, so that later operations like 'Difference' \n"\