split view of object mode and edit mode

hi, im trying having another go at the knife
and i arrived at a point where i need to view object mode and edit mode at the same time.

im trying to make the mesh shape match the picture by adding additional vertices and adjusting them.
but i cant view object mode and edit mode at the same time on split view.

my mesh has no faces yet…


also if there’s a better approach in doing the edges im all ears…knife part2.blend (478 KB)

Why do you need to see both object mode and edit mode at the same time ? If you want this to view the effect of the subsurf modifier then enable the option in the modifier panel to see its effect in edit mode (‘adjust edit cage to modifier result’ is the tooltip).