# Modeling Questions

**URL:** https://discourse.shapr3d.com/c/workshop/troubleshooting/5.md?page=38

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## [Trying to revolve a face around an axis, "resulting body wouldn't be valid"](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/trying-to-revolve-a-face-around-an-axis-resulting-body-wouldnt-be-valid/36424)

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**Author:** [@baddog1016](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/baddog1016)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2025, 2:44am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/trying-to-revolve-a-face-around-an-axis-resulting-body-wouldnt-be-valid/36424 "2025-02-09T02:44:20Z")

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I am trying to revolve a face around an axis. I can revolve it to 155mm along the axis but I need 180mm. I get “resulting body wouldn’t be valid” error. Everything else in the drawing is hidden except for a sketch that h…

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## [Trouble with a 12 face conical shape](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/trouble-with-a-12-face-conical-shape/36423)

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**Author:** [@Ateliergrosours](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Ateliergrosours)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/trouble-with-a-12-face-conical-shape/36423 "2025-02-08T16:26:31Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to draw that shape and there is always an overlap with the taper version. The angles are 15 deg since there is 12 faces. I use the miror function to add faces.

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## [Can’t fill this hole pls help!](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/can-t-fill-this-hole-pls-help/36430)

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**Author:** [@shaprlon](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/shaprlon)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/can-t-fill-this-hole-pls-help/36430 "2025-02-08T15:28:09Z")

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Hey I’m having trouble filling/deleting this hole. It works on others but on this one one side of the body is curved maybe that’s why it’s having problems. Anyways I need to close this so I can use the whole shape to cut…

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## [How to put an object on the floor](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-put-an-object-on-the-floor/36427)

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**Author:** [@CutMaster](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/CutMaster)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2025, 12:31pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-put-an-object-on-the-floor/36427 "2025-02-08T12:31:48Z")

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I have tried searching the web, searching the forum, but this is insane not to be able to find a simple solution to put an object to the floor. Sometimes an object is at a particular height and it is definitely complica…

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## [How do I create texture like this?](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-do-i-create-texture-like-this/36412)

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**Author:** [@LittleNook3D](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/LittleNook3D)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2025, 3:34am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-do-i-create-texture-like-this/36412 "2025-02-08T03:34:31Z")

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How do I create rainbow texture like this on my surface? I am trying to create a vase. thanks in advance!

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## [Dissapearing extrusions](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/dissapearing-extrusions/36418)

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**Author:** [@Barryd](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Barryd)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2025, 7:10pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/dissapearing-extrusions/36418 "2025-02-07T19:10:24Z")

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Greetings everyone. I noticed that my extrusions now dissapear when I delete a drawing. Is there a way that I can prevent this?

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## [How to make unwrapped drawing of a tube](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-make-unwrapped-drawing-of-a-tube/33318)

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**Author:** [@theJonan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/theJonan)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-make-unwrapped-drawing-of-a-tube/33318 "2025-02-07T14:48:05Z")

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Hi, I have a model of a tube, with specific holes and assets on it, and I’d like to get a drawing of an unwrapped tube, i.e. - a flat view of the tube’s outer surface, so I can print it with 1:1 scale and wrap it around…

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## [Transparant objects within other objects](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/transparant-objects-within-other-objects/36309)

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**Author:** [@roglie](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/roglie)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2025, 3:38am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/transparant-objects-within-other-objects/36309 "2025-02-07T03:38:42Z")

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Whether I have a transparent solid (clear glass that symbolizes a colored liquid), or if I use another material that I make more transparent, it is not visible from the side in the clear cocktail glass. Can anyone explai…

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## [怎么将上面和下面连起来？](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/topic/36405)

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**Author:** [@copywzy](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/copywzy)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/topic/36405 "2025-02-06T16:49:00Z")

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怎么将圆圈的下面和方框的上面连起来？

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## [Crashes, crashes crashes!](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/crashes-crashes-crashes/36403)

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**Author:** [@Ryan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Ryan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2025, 8:37am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/crashes-crashes-crashes/36403 "2025-02-06T08:37:02Z")

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This program crashes more than any program I have ever used, ever in my entire life. And now many of my programs will not open at all. Only the super simple basic designs. It didnt used to do this! Updated my iPad Pr…

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## [Problem with extruding projected patterns on a loft curved surface](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/problem-with-extruding-projected-patterns-on-a-loft-curved-surface/36386)

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**Author:** [@mrplamo](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/mrplamo)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 9:34pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/problem-with-extruding-projected-patterns-on-a-loft-curved-surface/36386 "2025-02-05T21:34:29Z")

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Hi team I am looking at extruding a rectangle pattern onto a curved surface but I have failed numerous times. I am trying to create something as per image attached which I have done successfully with other bodies, howev…

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## [Select project](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/select-project/36381)

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**Author:** [@Sarasheinin](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Sarasheinin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 2:52pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/select-project/36381 "2025-02-05T14:52:07Z")

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Hi, it doesn’t give me the option to select the projects and I want to duplicate a project. I updated the app, turned the iPad off and on but it didn’t change. I would love to get help! This is a pro version

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## [iPad Pen Sensitivity is driving me crazy](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/ipad-pen-sensitivity-is-driving-me-crazy/36209)

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**Author:** [@brunowerneck](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/brunowerneck)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 1:23pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/ipad-pen-sensitivity-is-driving-me-crazy/36209 "2025-02-05T13:23:29Z")

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In Modeling mode, the app is WAY too sensitive, instantly selecting everything when I’m just trying to grab a plane. In Visualization mode, it’s fine — select a plane, and it stays put. I can soft double-tap to select a…

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## [Shapr account](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/shapr-account/36389)

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**Author:** [@Philip](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Philip)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 12:31pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/shapr-account/36389 "2025-02-05T12:31:58Z")

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I’d like to delete my Shapr account. How can I do that?

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## [BUG: Viewing orientation gets stuck on one plane](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/bug-viewing-orientation-gets-stuck-on-one-plane/34878)

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**Author:** [@MtAdaPrints](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/MtAdaPrints)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 10:10am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/bug-viewing-orientation-gets-stuck-on-one-plane/34878 "2025-02-05T10:10:53Z")

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I work on a HP Envy 2in1 laptop tablet. For some reason when reorienting my view of my model it locks onto one single plane of rotation. Sometimes it will also not let me properly rotate laterally, instead it will roll…

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## [Honeycomb trick anyone](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/honeycomb-trick-anyone/29832)

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**Author:** [@ecreatures](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/ecreatures)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 12:53am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/honeycomb-trick-anyone/29832 "2025-02-05T00:53:17Z")

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Hi shaprs Is there a way to create easyly those honeycomb structures. I reckon that I never succeded perfectly when atempting. Any quick tip welcome

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## [How to tell if a sketch is fully defined?](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-tell-if-a-sketch-is-fully-defined/36378)

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**Author:** [@clx](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/clx)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2025, 7:48pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-tell-if-a-sketch-is-fully-defined/36378 "2025-02-04T19:48:30Z")

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For those of us that comes from using Solidworks, they have a feature where if your sketch is fully defined (the whole sketch is fully constrained and not movable), the lines of the sketch will turn black instead of blue…

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## [Shapr3D data on my mac](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/shapr3d-data-on-my-mac/36361)

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**Author:** [@jean-philippe2](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/jean-philippe2)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2025, 4:09am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/shapr3d-data-on-my-mac/36361 "2025-02-04T04:09:56Z")

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Hi, Why I have 1.5 GB of data in my library. OK for saving my Shaper projects but why the other folders (library, system data, tmp, etc…) Thank you for explaining. I’m attaching a screen shot of the path on mac Sequoi…

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## [Archimedean spiral](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/archimedean-spiral/36352)

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**Author:** [@msdn80](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/msdn80)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 11:18pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/archimedean-spiral/36352 "2025-02-03T23:18:59Z")

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Hello, I’m designing a chuck for my lathe and I need to draw an archimedean spiral. Is there a quick way to do so in Shapr3D? I have searched and looks like there isn’t…

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## [Snap edges to each other?](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/snap-edges-to-each-other/36298)

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**Author:** [@villagenerd](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/villagenerd)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 6:21pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/snap-edges-to-each-other/36298 "2025-02-03T18:21:14Z")

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I am uniting two bodies to each other and trying to perfectly match the edges so I can get a smooth chamfer, but I can’t quite get it perfect and it causes the chamfer to get whacky. Is there a way to snap the body edges…

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## [Create frequently used hardware bodies to use between all drawings?](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/create-frequently-used-hardware-bodies-to-use-between-all-drawings/36356)

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**Author:** [@ERone](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/ERone)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 5:49pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/create-frequently-used-hardware-bodies-to-use-between-all-drawings/36356 "2025-02-03T17:49:15Z")

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I use the same hardware for many of the different models I draw. For example: screw eyes and stainless steel rod of fixed dimensions. Is it possible to draw these things once and then cut/paste or import them into future…

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## [Roadmap 2025](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/roadmap-2025/36247)

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**Author:** [@DylanB](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/DylanB)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 1:22am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/roadmap-2025/36247 "2025-02-01T01:22:47Z")

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Hi All, Just wondering if there is a roadmap or what’s to come for 2025? Super excited and love the program. For me i’m looking forward to more features in the 2D drawing space, maybe some ability to utilize component…

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## [Prusa MK3S+ or Neptune 4 Pro](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/prusa-mk3s-or-neptune-4-pro/36147)

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**Author:** [@Bolshaq](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Bolshaq)\
**Replies:** 25\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/prusa-mk3s-or-neptune-4-pro/36147 "2025-02-03T16:00:14Z")

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Hi guys, I’m pretty new to the 3D-Printing space and I was looking at getting a FDM 3D printer mainly for printing miniatures due to space issues with resin printers. I managed to find a secondhand Prusa MK3S+ that is b…

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## [How to extrude on a curved surface](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-extrude-on-a-curved-surface/36354)

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**Author:** [@mrplamo](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/mrplamo)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 1:35pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-extrude-on-a-curved-surface/36354 "2025-02-03T13:35:02Z")

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Hello all, new Shapr user. I am trying to cut a panel line on a curved surface, I have projected the panel onto the curved surface, however it doesn’t allow me to add negative extrude to it for some reason? Am I doing so…

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## [怎样删除多个实体？](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/topic/34647)

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**Author:** [@DIWANG](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/DIWANG)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2024, 7:04am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/topic/34647 "2024-09-30T07:04:11Z")

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帮帮忙，怎样删除多个实体？:grin::grin::grin:

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## [Video example - Face or sketch filling can’t be extruded](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/video-example-face-or-sketch-filling-can-t-be-extruded/36343)

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**Author:** [@Occicat](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Occicat)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2025, 7:13pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/video-example-face-or-sketch-filling-can-t-be-extruded/36343 "2025-02-02T19:13:00Z")

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Created a new shaper project Selected text and entered in characters and chose font Selected each placed letter and extruded until one last letter would not extrude Confused as all other letters extrude and the error …

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## [Copy/Paste sketch elements?](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/copy-paste-sketch-elements/36334)

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**Author:** [@TexInventor](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TexInventor)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2025, 4:13pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/copy-paste-sketch-elements/36334 "2025-02-02T16:13:02Z")

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Brand new to Shapr3D, but have some vintage 3D CAD experience, and am still sorting out how to do things. I have some sketches that take a bit to produce, and I want to replicate those (often in another plane). I see h…

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## [Rotating objects toward a body in line with center](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/rotating-objects-toward-a-body-in-line-with-center/36347)

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**Author:** [@peter666](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/peter666)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2025, 6:32am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/rotating-objects-toward-a-body-in-line-with-center/36347 "2025-02-02T06:32:44Z")

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I’m trying to build a component of a hydroponic vertical tower garden. There is a main center body vertical tube that will have three smaller tubes protruding from it at 45-degree angles. But they are spaced around the c…

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## [Help, how to make this](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-how-to-make-this/36233)

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**Author:** [@Graby](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Graby)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 7:10pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-how-to-make-this/36233 "2025-02-01T19:10:53Z")

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Thank you in advance https://support.shapr3d.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

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## [Overlapping of Lines](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/overlapping-of-lines/36312)

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**Author:** [@kameshkancherla](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/kameshkancherla)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 11:27am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/overlapping-of-lines/36312 "2025-02-01T11:27:48Z")

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Hello Everyone, When I am sketching of lines in horizontal and vertical they are overlapping. I dont want the lines to overlap, when I am pulling the surface it is breaking or they are mixing up. where ever there is int…

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