# Workshop **URL:** https://discourse.shapr3d.com/c/workshop/51.md?page=18 [Latest](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/tags.md) **Page:** 19 --- ## [Connect 2 cylinders by loft](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/connect-2-cylinders-by-loft/40013)
**Author:** [@Nespresso](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Nespresso)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2025, 10:01am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/connect-2-cylinders-by-loft/40013 "2025-12-30T10:01:01Z")
Hello, I want to create an air duct to connect an older table saw with my new vacuum. I designed first the connecting rings to print and validate diameters. This is done. Now I would like to connect them by loft. Coul… --- ## [Integrated Exploded Views and Assembly Documentation Tools](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/integrated-exploded-views-and-assembly-documentation-tools/40054)
**Author:** [@Maumatt](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Maumatt)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2025, 11:18am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/integrated-exploded-views-and-assembly-documentation-tools/40054 "2025-12-29T11:18:54Z")
Dear Shapr3D Team, I am writing to formally request the addition of Integrated Exploded Views and Assembly Documentation tools. I am aware that this feature has been “on the radar” for quite some time and is one of the… --- ## [3D from 2D JPEG / PDF](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/3d-from-2d-jpeg-pdf/40047)
**Author:** [@Nespresso](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Nespresso)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2025, 10:13am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/3d-from-2d-jpeg-pdf/40047 "2025-12-29T10:13:21Z")
Hi there, I am designing / printing spare parts for my table saw where specific parts are not available anymore. In this case, I would like to generate a 3D for either milling or printing a master. I only have the 2D … --- ## [Drawing lengths defaulting to 3 and 4 decimal places long instead of 1](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/drawing-lengths-defaulting-to-3-and-4-decimal-places-long-instead-of-1/40039)
**Author:** [@Moshgra](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Moshgra)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2025, 4:03am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/drawing-lengths-defaulting-to-3-and-4-decimal-places-long-instead-of-1/40039 "2025-12-29T04:03:05Z")
I’m trying to figure out why my drawings keep defaulting to much smaller numbers. Such as when I try to draw a 3.4mm box, it goes to 3.402. If i try to draw 3.5mm its 3.5946. To note, I did project these lines from an … --- ## [Design missing from my list](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/design-missing-from-my-list/7947)
**Author:** [@Panduh3D](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Panduh3D)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2025, 2:40am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/design-missing-from-my-list/7947 "2025-12-28T02:40:37Z")
Hi Shapr team, One of my designs is missing from my list, I know I haven’t deleted it. Where are these files stored, is there any way to restore my design? Regards, Steve Rodriguez --- ## [Advice on creating door toppers](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/advice-on-creating-door-toppers/40046)
**Author:** [@quipfy](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/quipfy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2025, 4:48pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/advice-on-creating-door-toppers/40046 "2025-12-27T16:48:21Z")
I just bought an ipad pro, i want to learn how to design door toppers, light switch corners, i am gonna focus on that purpose, is it possible to design that kind of stuff on shapr3D? i have some screenshot of the things … --- ## [Need advice about 2D drawing](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/need-advice-about-2d-drawing/40022)
**Author:** [@Johnmartin](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Johnmartin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2025, 9:37am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/need-advice-about-2d-drawing/40022 "2025-12-27T09:37:32Z")
What I want to do is produce thicker sketch lines so when I export as SVG file the sketch has a wide line. Simple rectangle with rounded corners design. Background. I need to produce some svg drawings of simple rect… --- ## [Lost files on iPad](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/lost-files-on-ipad/40024)
**Author:** [@Endicott](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Endicott)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/lost-files-on-ipad/40024 "2025-12-26T19:50:48Z")
I’m relatively new to this program. I created a design in shaper on my iPad but I can’t seem to find where they are even after searching every directory that I can see on the iPad. Anyone have an idea where they would … --- ## [Help on shaping body](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-on-shaping-body/40041)
**Author:** [@PhilG](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/PhilG)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2025, 11:41am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-on-shaping-body/40041 "2025-12-26T11:41:38Z")
Hi all, looking for a little advice. In the attached you can see the body os shaped around the base a top that blends nicely. Looking to create the same thing but cannot work out how to do it. any help would be fantast… --- ## [How do you easily identify missing references?](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-do-you-easily-identify-missing-references/40036)
**Author:** [@edb](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/edb)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2025, 2:25pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-do-you-easily-identify-missing-references/40036 "2025-12-24T14:25:39Z")
Hi all, I’ve been struggling with this a few times recently. I will make changes in the history panel for one reason or another, then go through and fix missing references to planes, constraints etc. but sometimes this … --- ## [Separating projected images from body](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/separating-projected-images-from-body/40035)
**Author:** [@alexM](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/alexM)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2025, 8:07pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/separating-projected-images-from-body/40035 "2025-12-23T20:07:55Z")
Hello Shapr3d community, i have projected an 2d sketch of a barley stalk (made of hundreds of tiny splines) onto a 3d body, and it wraps nicely around the curves of the body. I can then use Offset Face to raise the proj… --- ## [Search or filter layers by body, sketch or folder name. ](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/search-or-filter-layers-by-body-sketch-or-folder-name/26467)
**Author:** [@Gtarson](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Gtarson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2025, 12:07am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/search-or-filter-layers-by-body-sketch-or-folder-name/26467 "2025-12-23T00:07:53Z")
I find when dealing with complex models with many components: bodies, sketches, folders etc. I have to drill down through the layers module to find bodies I may have turned off to modify other bodies in the model. I th… --- ## [Pattern Along Path / Follow Curve — Is it supported in Shapr3D?](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/pattern-along-path-follow-curve-is-it-supported-in-shapr3d/40032)
**Author:** [@KrissGrab](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/KrissGrab)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2025, 12:07am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/pattern-along-path-follow-curve-is-it-supported-in-shapr3d/40032 "2025-12-23T00:07:38Z")
Hi everyone, I’m currently using Shapr3D on iPad (and also checked on Mac) and I’m trying to find a feature similar to a “Follow Path / Pattern Along Path” (i.e., duplicating a body or feature along a curve/spline, with… --- ## [Acute and Obtuse Angles](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/acute-and-obtuse-angles/40023)
**Author:** [@GeorgeTDS](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/GeorgeTDS)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/acute-and-obtuse-angles/40023 "2025-12-23T00:01:10Z")
Maybe it is I who is the obtuse one but is there a way when trying to set the angle between two lines to choose between the obtuse and acute angles? Sometimes Shapr chooses to let me measure one, or the other, but it ne… --- ## [How to auto center sketches and objects to origin?](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-auto-center-sketches-and-objects-to-origin/33192)
**Author:** [@Brent](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Brent)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2025, 6:32pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-auto-center-sketches-and-objects-to-origin/33192 "2025-12-22T18:32:09Z")
How do I make sketches and objects that automatically center to 0.0 origin on the grid? I am new and becoming frustrated because it’s hard to create multiple sketches and have them all aligned perfectly to the origin. I… --- ## [Panning bottom to top in rotated view](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/panning-bottom-to-top-in-rotated-view/40008)
**Author:** [@Cleeder](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Cleeder)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/panning-bottom-to-top-in-rotated-view/40008 "2025-12-21T16:52:27Z")
When panning in 3d space from bottom to top on a rotated view, Shapr restricts camera movement and moves unnaturally in a direction other than what the gesture is intending. In the attached screen recording, I am attempt… --- ## [Need to move object to specific coordinate](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/need-to-move-object-to-specific-coordinate/17518)
**Author:** [@steeley](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/steeley)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/need-to-move-object-to-specific-coordinate/17518 "2025-12-19T13:53:53Z")
Is this possible? If I simply want to to set a body to a specific location on the grid, say I’m in top view and want to move it to x=100,y=200. Everything seems to be ‘move relative’ which often not useful. TIA --- ## [Library and symbols panel](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/library-and-symbols-panel/39640)
**Author:** [@Sci](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Sci)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2025, 10:18am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/library-and-symbols-panel/39640 "2025-12-19T10:18:56Z")
The problem that this feature will solve: Library - Can easily import parts from a different shapr3d file. Symbols - Can easily sync/edit same part across files and drawings. Symbols are clones of the original. Brief d… --- ## [Lagging in Windows](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/lagging-in-windows/39988)
**Author:** [@Svenito](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Svenito)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 9:30pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/lagging-in-windows/39988 "2025-12-18T21:30:36Z")
Drawing on a sketch plane has become a problem for me. No red flags in history and it is a problem that re-appears. It can take 20 seconds and seems in my opinion as a long-term user to have to do with history which in m… --- ## [Can't extrude a sketch](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/cant-extrude-a-sketch/21394)
**Author:** [@nashbln1](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/nashbln1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 8:35pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/cant-extrude-a-sketch/21394 "2025-12-18T20:35:15Z")
Hello, I made a sketch and wanted to extrude it. Unfortunately it doesn’t show up as a body and I just can’t find the error that caused it. Can someone help? --- ## [Don’t work on ipad](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/don-t-work-on-ipad/40001)
**Author:** [@GIFT1978](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/GIFT1978)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 12:27pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/don-t-work-on-ipad/40001 "2025-12-18T12:27:45Z")
Please provide a detailed description of the issue. Provide as much information as possible, including screenshots and/or screen recordings. For screen recording, we recommend using Loom (loom.com), an easy-to-use screen… --- ## [Constant crashes](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/constant-crashes/39997)
**Author:** [@Tavis](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Tavis)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 12:26pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/constant-crashes/39997 "2025-12-18T12:26:46Z")
Please provide a detailed description of the issue. Provide as much information as possible, including screenshots and/or screen recordings. For screen recording, we recommend using Loom (loom.com), an easy-to-use screen… --- ## [F2 rename behavior request](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/f2-rename-behavior-request/39995)
**Author:** [@Moonrakerone](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Moonrakerone)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/f2-rename-behavior-request/39995 "2025-12-16T19:30:35Z")
The problem that this feature will solve: Renaming is tedious and requires multiple clicks and mouse movements. Brief description of the outcomes that you expect from this feature: Pressing F2 should allow a user to q… --- ## [Add Project/File command should include insertion point and alignment](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/add-project-file-command-should-include-insertion-point-and-alignment/39993)
**Author:** [@BBBB](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/BBBB)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/add-project-file-command-should-include-insertion-point-and-alignment/39993 "2025-12-16T16:16:56Z")
When inserting Shapr3D projects with the new “Add - Project” feature, the inserted item is placed at 0,0,0. Most items will need to be placed and positioned elsewhere in the project. For each insert that requires re-sele… --- ## [Very Frustrated With Sketching](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/very-frustrated-with-sketching/36433)
**Author:** [@Bad\_at\_Cad](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Bad_at_Cad)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/very-frustrated-with-sketching/36433 "2025-12-16T00:01:37Z")
I haven’t been using Shapr very long, but I am constantly running into issues when sketching whereby I want to move a line or a circle etc and it won’t let me do it. I know about the whole constraint thing, but I have “… --- ## [Solved - Align everything on the same "base" plane (Sorry I don't know the wording)](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/solved-align-everything-on-the-same-base-plane-sorry-i-dont-know-the-wording/9335)
**Author:** [@PetePetePete](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/PetePetePete)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 11:49pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/solved-align-everything-on-the-same-base-plane-sorry-i-dont-know-the-wording/9335 "2025-12-15T23:49:52Z")
We have a design, picture a bunch of shapes sitting on a table. We want all the objects to be sitting FLAT on the table (so that none are proud (hovering above the table)… and we want none of them too low (where they wo… --- ## [Clicking on a Sketch Tool After Using it to Turn it Off No Longer Works](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/clicking-on-a-sketch-tool-after-using-it-to-turn-it-off-no-longer-works/39964)
**Author:** [@Bad\_at\_Cad](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Bad_at_Cad)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 11:24pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/clicking-on-a-sketch-tool-after-using-it-to-turn-it-off-no-longer-works/39964 "2025-12-15T23:24:44Z")
Up until recently, if I used a Sketch tool, say “Line”, for instance, and then wanted to stop using that tool but still remain IN Sketch mode, I could just click back on the “Line” button and it would deselect it, allowi… --- ## [Any way to hide video tutorials while designing?](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/any-way-to-hide-video-tutorials-while-designing/8608)
**Author:** [@shogun168](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/shogun168)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 1:39pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/any-way-to-hide-video-tutorials-while-designing/8608 "2025-12-15T13:39:27Z")
The video tutorial pop up at the top of the screen is always getting in my way. Is there a way to hide this or temporarily remove it from the UI? --- ## [Reverse Scroll direction not switching](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/reverse-scroll-direction-not-switching/39968)
**Author:** [@wagedu](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/wagedu)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 1:28pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/reverse-scroll-direction-not-switching/39968 "2025-12-15T13:28:53Z")
Hi there, I’m on a Mac and just downloaded the latest version of the lovely Shapr3d. My problem is that the switch on Shapr3d doesn’t work. It always scrolls the same, be it on or off. And it happens to be in the OPPOS… --- ## [Re-edit an existing STL file from Thingsverse](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/re-edit-an-existing-stl-file-from-thingsverse/7229)
**Author:** [@Justryanliu](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Justryanliu)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2025, 7:42pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/re-edit-an-existing-stl-file-from-thingsverse/7229 "2025-12-14T19:42:55Z")
Hi All, I am new to the 3D printing world as well as designing something from scratch with Shapr3D. There are a ton of great design on Thingsverse and I would like to know if I can change some of the dimensions on an e… [Previous page](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/c/workshop/51.md?page=17) [Next page](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/c/workshop/51.md?page=19)