# Modeling Questions

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## [Units Issue on STL file](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/units-issue-on-stl-file/4740)

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**Author:** [@dopper](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/dopper)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2019, 8:23am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/units-issue-on-stl-file/4740 "2019-10-03T08:23:09Z")

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Hello! I’m a brand new user but I’m having an issue. I created a 2” x 2” x 2” cube, saved it as a STL file. When I import the file to Cura, the object comes in as 2mm x 2 mm x 2mm. What am I missing? Thanks!

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## [A 'different kind' of New Features?](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/a-different-kind-of-new-features/5713)

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**Author:** [@Gelphyn](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Gelphyn)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2019, 6:19am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/a-different-kind-of-new-features/5713 "2019-10-03T06:19:52Z")

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Please can a feature, that is available on the Apple App Store Site within the Shapr3D pages, be added to this Forum. The feature in question is Version History \[VH\]. Most Users probably do not have any reason to visi…

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## [Having trouble opening app with the iPadOS](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/having-trouble-opening-app-with-the-ipados/5684)

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**Author:** [@Jessitilo75](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Jessitilo75)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2019, 2:50pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/having-trouble-opening-app-with-the-ipados/5684 "2019-10-02T14:50:15Z")

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Just installed the new iPadOS and the app crashes when I try to open it

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## [Problem unloading to Shapeways](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/problem-unloading-to-shapeways/5588)

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**Author:** [@NeilW](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/NeilW)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2019, 2:40pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/problem-unloading-to-shapeways/5588 "2019-10-02T14:40:24Z")

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I recently tried to upload a file to a company called Shapeways which seems to specialise in printing 3D models. Unfortunately it did not go well. I tried in both .STL and .OBJ formats, but received error messages in bot…

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## [Model from a simple sketch/Drawing](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/model-from-a-simple-sketch-drawing/5697)

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**Author:** [@Mindofharris59](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Mindofharris59)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2019, 3:23pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/model-from-a-simple-sketch-drawing/5697 "2019-10-01T15:23:19Z")

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Is it possible to model from a simple sketch or drawing? I’ve watch the one with the hammer head. Is there another tutor or video? Thanks Terry

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## [Issues building casting mold from 3D model](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/issues-building-casting-mold-from-3d-model/5670)

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**Author:** [@Carlotto](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Carlotto)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2019, 11:45am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/issues-building-casting-mold-from-3d-model/5670 "2019-10-01T11:45:26Z")

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Hello everybody, I’m trying to build a casting mold from a 3D model by building 2 single bodies (top+bottom mold) around my actual model. After substracting my model from the boxes I still havent found a decent way how …

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## [Apple Pencill message?](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/apple-pencill-message/5689)

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**Author:** [@Dracula](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Dracula)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2019, 10:15am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/apple-pencill-message/5689 "2019-10-01T10:15:44Z")

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Hi, How do I get “You need Apple Pencil…Why?” message to go away? I attached and connected the pencil but the message is still at the top of my screen.

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## [How to cut/paste layers from different workspaces](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-cut-paste-layers-from-different-workspaces/556)

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**Author:** [@Tando](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Tando)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2019, 9:10am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-cut-paste-layers-from-different-workspaces/556 "2019-10-01T09:10:16Z")

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Hi there! While designing, I have made some different workspaces with different designs, but time passed I need some layers to perform new design using schemes already done in different workspaces; like a DLL in pro…

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## [How to create helix around cylinder or cone](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-create-helix-around-cylinder-or-cone/5677)

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**Author:** [@Cdaum](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Cdaum)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2019, 5:14am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-create-helix-around-cylinder-or-cone/5677 "2019-09-30T05:14:13Z")

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Hi, I would like to create an helix around a cylinder or cone. I saw it was possible to create directly an helix spline around the cylinder surface but don’t find how to do it, is somebody could explain it to me ? Than…

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## [How to join a curve to a joint](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-join-a-curve-to-a-joint/5643)

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**Author:** [@RobDesign](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/RobDesign)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2019, 1:31pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-join-a-curve-to-a-joint/5643 "2019-09-28T13:31:40Z")

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Help please, Trying to join a curve (additional end point) to the intersection of a straight line crossing a circle (the straight line and circle are locked). When I initially line up the curve to the intersection it c…

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## [How to adjust fillet without adjusting adjacent faces?](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-adjust-fillet-without-adjusting-adjacent-faces/5661)

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**Author:** [@justin](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/justin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2019, 10:15pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-adjust-fillet-without-adjusting-adjacent-faces/5661 "2019-09-26T22:15:20Z")

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I’ve got a body and am trying to adjust the fillet on the bottom edges, but doing so is resizing the whole thing. I see how this is useful, but it seems like there should be a way to adjust the radius without changing th…

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## [Migrate from SolidWorks and Inventor to Shapr3D](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/migrate-from-solidworks-and-inventor-to-shapr3d/5666)

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**Author:** [@Bruno](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Bruno)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2019, 10:13pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/migrate-from-solidworks-and-inventor-to-shapr3d/5666 "2019-09-26T22:13:28Z")

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Hello, my name is Bruno and I’m making a briefing about Shapr3D. I’m employee at a huge enterprise in mechanical products, with factories of manufacturing at the 5 continents. Actually we use SolidWorks and Inventor to …

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## ['projecting' a closed sketch from body edges](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/projecting-a-closed-sketch-from-body-edges/3921)

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**Author:** [@jared.french](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/jared.french)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/projecting-a-closed-sketch-from-body-edges/3921 "2019-09-25T21:08:54Z")

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trying to project a closed sketch from a body I created. I no longer have the closed sketch from which I extruded from. Is it possible to recapture these lines in a closed sketch? …‘project’ doesn’t seem to do anything h…

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## [Tutorials?](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/tutorials/5658)

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**Author:** [@Mikewinters617](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Mikewinters617)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2019, 7:57am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/tutorials/5658 "2019-09-25T07:57:04Z")

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Hi, I am having trouble finding the tutorials again. There were two that I could watch and follow along with in Shapr3D. Now I can not find them. The links I find go to YouTube… and I can not figure out how to hav…

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## [Designing from a photograph](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/designing-from-a-photograph/5650)

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**Author:** [@Tanker](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Tanker)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2019, 7:29pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/designing-from-a-photograph/5650 "2019-09-23T19:29:40Z")

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Hi Guys, Is it possible to design using a photograph as a reference that has been imported into Shapr3d? How do you you deal with the perspective/distort of the image etc. Best Regards Tanker

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## [Is there any pre defined nuts and bolts or allen bolts like in solid works](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/is-there-any-pre-defined-nuts-and-bolts-or-allen-bolts-like-in-solid-works/5003)

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**Author:** [@Hassan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Hassan)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2019, 10:24am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/is-there-any-pre-defined-nuts-and-bolts-or-allen-bolts-like-in-solid-works/5003 "2019-09-21T10:24:29Z")

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Pre defined nuts and bolts or even threads are not available

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## [Inventor User - Slice Graphics equivalent?](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/inventor-user-slice-graphics-equivalent/5633)

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**Author:** [@Drummer](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Drummer)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2019, 12:45pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/inventor-user-slice-graphics-equivalent/5633 "2019-09-20T12:45:03Z")

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Hello all, I’m just getting to grips with using Shapr3D but I’ve been using Autodesk Inventor for many years. A simple question… is there an equivalent to the ‘slice graphics’ command when sketching on a plane that is o…

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## [How it’s madde helix](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-it-s-madde-helix/5627)

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**Author:** [@Designer](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Designer)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2019, 1:41pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-it-s-madde-helix/5627 "2019-09-19T13:41:03Z")

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How do I make conical helical

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## [Resize Rectangle and move it with snapping to other object](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/resize-rectangle-and-move-it-with-snapping-to-other-object/5591)

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**Author:** [@ralfons](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/ralfons)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2019, 11:44pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/resize-rectangle-and-move-it-with-snapping-to-other-object/5591 "2019-09-13T23:44:43Z")

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In the iOS-App I like to give a Rectangle after creation another size and move it to an other Object an align it with that Object. When I try to resize the Rectangle, only one edge changes its length, and the Rectangle …

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## [Pervasive Crashing](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/pervasive-crashing/5598)

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**Author:** [@PolyCypherpunk](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/PolyCypherpunk)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2019, 3:59am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/pervasive-crashing/5598 "2019-09-13T03:59:06Z")

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Ladies and Gentlemen, I’m creating a model of a new type of solar panel array, however, after designing the individual photovoltaic — I have been using the copy function under transform to populate the host panel with t…

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## [App is slow](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/app-is-slow/5600)

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**Author:** [@LoweJordan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/LoweJordan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2019, 8:01pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/app-is-slow/5600 "2019-09-12T20:01:16Z")

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My application is loading so slow. Also after every change it loads slow yet again. Making it impossible to gain progress… I have taken a screen recording if you would like that.

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## [Ipad selection help](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/ipad-selection-help/5597)

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**Author:** [@adrdsouza](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/adrdsouza)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2019, 2:24pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/ipad-selection-help/5597 "2019-09-12T14:24:51Z")

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I wanna buy an Ipad to use Shapr3d but can’t afford the newest models of the Ipad Pro. I found a good deal on a used Ipad pro 9.7 or I could buy the Ipad Air 3. Which of these 2 would give me better performance?

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## [Operation Failed: Result Invalid Body error when I use shell tool](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/operation-failed-result-invalid-body-error-when-i-use-shell-tool/5586)

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**Author:** [@Shock9616](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Shock9616)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2019, 4:45pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/operation-failed-result-invalid-body-error-when-i-use-shell-tool/5586 "2019-09-11T16:45:18Z")

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Hello all, I am attempting to make a shell form of one of my projects that could be used as a handheld gaming console enclosure. I am having trouble with the shell tool: when I use it to shell out the two halves that I …

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## [3D Printer for around £300 that produces a tough plastic part?](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/3d-printer-for-around-300-that-produces-a-tough-plastic-part/5566)

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**Author:** [@ricko3k](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/ricko3k)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2019, 5:14am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/3d-printer-for-around-300-that-produces-a-tough-plastic-part/5566 "2019-09-10T05:14:38Z")

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Hello. I am ready to purchase one now. I need the material to be tough, as it will be used in an engineering environment. Reccomendations please. Regards Richard.

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## [Importing Text as DWG or DXF](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/importing-text-as-dwg-or-dxf/5283)

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**Author:** [@Rob](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Rob)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2019, 2:28pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/importing-text-as-dwg-or-dxf/5283 "2019-09-09T14:28:46Z")

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Hey everyone :wave:t2::wave:t2: I wonder if anyone else is experiencing problems importing DWG or DXF text files? I’ve created a line of sample text in illustrator CS2 and exported to both file types and neither will lo…

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## [Export for website](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/export-for-website/5575)

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**Author:** [@Ayycelio](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Ayycelio)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2019, 8:20am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/export-for-website/5575 "2019-09-09T08:20:17Z")

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Help. I want to export my design and put it on a website. Maybe as a video? Or image? What would be the best option?

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## [Exports are Incomplete](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/exports-are-incomplete/5572)

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**Author:** [@dflatbush](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/dflatbush)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2019, 1:32am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/exports-are-incomplete/5572 "2019-09-09T01:32:40Z")

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I have been designing an operational line for a new startup. The Shapr3D format for the file runs about 85mb and there are no issues if I export or import it back in. When I try any of the other export formats, part of m…

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## [Unable to export my file to STL](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/unable-to-export-my-file-to-stl/5561)

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**Author:** [@Smanchini](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Smanchini)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2019, 11:11am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/unable-to-export-my-file-to-stl/5561 "2019-09-07T11:11:37Z")

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I am unable to export this file for some reason. I was able to do so previously, but I had to adjust some sizes so they were printable. After doing so, I am no longer able to export the file. I am not sure what is causin…

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## [Creating a curved channel fixed to side of tubular piece](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/creating-a-curved-channel-fixed-to-side-of-tubular-piece/5497)

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**Author:** [@Benjb](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Benjb)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2019, 8:09pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/creating-a-curved-channel-fixed-to-side-of-tubular-piece/5497 "2019-09-05T20:09:11Z")

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I’m trying to create a channel affixed to the side of a tubular section to be able to insert a cable or rod which can be moved back and forth within the channel. I thought revolve or loft would do it but it didn’t seem…

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## [Making sure sketch is located at 0,0,0](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/making-sure-sketch-is-located-at-0-0-0/5552)

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**Author:** [@Mattw](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Mattw)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2019, 9:53am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/making-sure-sketch-is-located-at-0-0-0/5552 "2019-09-05T09:53:57Z")

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Hello everyone, I’m super new to Shapr3D but very experienced with other cad systems. I’m struggling with making sure my sketches start at coordinates 0,0,0. It seems like they snap to that point on the grid, but when I…

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