# Latest

**URL:** https://discourse.shapr3d.com/latest.md?page=59

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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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## [Svg import compatibility](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/svg-import-compatibility/36371)

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**Author:** [@Pencil](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Pencil)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 8:03pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/svg-import-compatibility/36371 "2025-02-03T20:03:51Z")

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Please add support to import svg files. I need to “paste” logos on a model but shapr3d does t support svg. I tried converting to dxf but all the smooth lines turned into blocky lines with nothing smooth in it(obviously 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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## [Render images in visualisation, and/or mapping image to surfaces](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/render-images-in-visualisation-and-or-mapping-image-to-surfaces/25965)

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**Author:** [@rysch](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/rysch)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 7:35pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/render-images-in-visualisation-and-or-mapping-image-to-surfaces/25965 "2025-02-01T19:35:59Z")

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It feels unexpected that Images can be imported and placed in 3D Modelling mode, but then just vanish in the Visualisation mode, where I had expected everything to appear, in greater quality. The first few times I tried …

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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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## [Short Cut 'E' does not cycle Extrude types](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/short-cut-e-does-not-cycle-extrude-types/36342)

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**Author:** [@arroniow](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/arroniow)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 12:51pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/short-cut-e-does-not-cycle-extrude-types/36342 "2025-02-01T12:51:40Z")

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Hi Shapr Team. Is there any chance you can fix the letter short cut for ‘E’ EXTRUDE. Most of the other letter short cuts work and cycle through the drawing options. For example ‘R’ cycles through all three Rectangle o…

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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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## [Subtraction tool](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/subtraction-tool/20973)

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**Author:** [@Horsthorst](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Horsthorst)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 1:36am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/subtraction-tool/20973 "2025-02-01T01:36:10Z")

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Hi everyone, I want to cut a groove into the inside of a half pipe by using the subtraction tool. First I create the half pipe, then place a thin disk over it. In the next step I position the disk at the right height an…

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## [Is there a list of acceptable Educational institutions?](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/is-there-a-list-of-acceptable-educational-institutions/36331)

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**Author:** [@UnkleSkunky](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/UnkleSkunky)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2025, 10:22pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/is-there-a-list-of-acceptable-educational-institutions/36331 "2025-01-31T22:22:37Z")

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Hi all, Newb here, Is there a list of educational license acceptable edu institutions anywhere ? I am interested in taking some 3d courses but those available at my community college don’t come with an Id or school do…

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## [Smaller Manual Rotation Increments](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/smaller-manual-rotation-increments/36314)

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**Author:** [@Bad\_at\_Cad](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Bad_at_Cad)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 6:32pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/smaller-manual-rotation-increments/36314 "2025-01-30T18:32:24Z")

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Problem: Rotating in manual mode only allows for 5° increments, which is incredibly frustrating. Tinkercad, for instance, allows you to hold down a suppmental key like Alt or CTRL to allow for more precise control if n…

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## [What's the deal with the Align tool flipping/orienting bodies bizzarely?](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-the-align-tool-flipping-orienting-bodies-bizzarely/36198)

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**Author:** [@Bad\_at\_Cad](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Bad_at_Cad)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 6:09pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-the-align-tool-flipping-orienting-bodies-bizzarely/36198 "2025-01-30T18:09:02Z")

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Half the time when I try to align bodies-- even if I add a construction plane parallel to the face I want to align to-- Shapr flips the part I want to align upside down, or backwards, and then I have to flip it to where …

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## [Revolving a Barrier shape around a Unique Base](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/revolving-a-barrier-shape-around-a-unique-base/36304)

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**Author:** [@CrypticCollect](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/CrypticCollect)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/revolving-a-barrier-shape-around-a-unique-base/36304 "2025-01-30T15:36:01Z")

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I’m new to Shapr3D. I am trying to model a skatepark bowl andw wanted to wrap the small shape in the image around the base. Is this possible and if not, what can I do to get similar results?

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## [Wrap Text around Curve or Circle](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/wrap-text-around-curve-or-circle/36294)

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**Author:** [@vanostav61](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/vanostav61)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 9:49am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/wrap-text-around-curve-or-circle/36294 "2025-01-30T09:49:43Z")

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\*Allow to warp text around a circle, create curved text. \* I expect this feature to allow Shapr3D users to add curved text to sketches We can create medalions and other items that require text warping designs. Y…

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## [Loft not working](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/loft-not-working/36301)

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**Author:** [@olluk](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/olluk)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 7:28am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/loft-not-working/36301 "2025-01-30T07:28:19Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to loft these 3 sketches, using the large curve as a guide. I’ve split the 3 sketches into 2 sides, in order to have the guide be on the outside of the shape. However when I try to select the guide it …

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## [Auto-expand Folders When Double-Clicking a Body](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/auto-expand-folders-when-double-clicking-a-body/36280)

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**Author:** [@ridzwannormahazan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/ridzwannormahazan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 1:30am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/auto-expand-folders-when-double-clicking-a-body/36280 "2025-01-30T01:30:46Z")

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The problem that this feature will solve: Double-clicking a body highlights it in the items column, but users must manually expand folders to access it. This slows down navigation in complex projects. Brief description…

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## [Bug Report from early user - History and Camera - Jan 2025](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/bug-report-from-early-user-history-and-camera-jan-2025/36299)

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**Author:** [@RigTech](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/RigTech)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/bug-report-from-early-user-history-and-camera-jan-2025/36299 "2025-01-30T00:00:25Z")

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I looked into this software (trial version) as a means of creating models for 3D printing of complex models, requiring specific accuracy for movement. My background is 12+ years working in Autodesk Maya for Animation ser…

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## [Snap to grid](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/snap-to-grid/36203)

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**Author:** [@Borrego](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Borrego)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/snap-to-grid/36203 "2025-01-29T19:54:58Z")

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Could someone please refer me to a detailed description of how to get a sketch to snap to a grid. All I want to do is extrude a channel in a rectangular block but when I draw the orthogonal face of the channel I want to…

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## [Free EDU Licence](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/free-edu-licence/36269)

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**Author:** [@fabbry](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/fabbry)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 8:07am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/free-edu-licence/36269 "2025-01-29T08:07:55Z")

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Dear All, it’s 2 years i’m asking to SHARP 3d for a italian free educational license but unfortunately i m not able to, i 'm a teacher. In italy we do not have any teacher id card so i m sending requests with my id thr…

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## [Create a negative of a plane](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/create-a-negative-of-a-plane/36274)

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**Author:** [@N1c0](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/N1c0)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 6:36am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/create-a-negative-of-a-plane/36274 "2025-01-29T06:36:36Z")

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Hello from Germany… I worked with shapr3D since 3 weeks and I love this software… It’s easy to handle on a iPad and easy to use for me. In 3D software iam a beginner… My problem is, I try to create a negativ shape of a…

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## [The move/rotate tool should always be displayed automatically on screen, even if you zoom in on an object](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/the-move-rotate-tool-should-always-be-displayed-automatically-on-screen-even-if-you-zoom-in-on-an-object/36264)

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**Author:** [@normanna](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/normanna)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 5:50am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/the-move-rotate-tool-should-always-be-displayed-automatically-on-screen-even-if-you-zoom-in-on-an-object/36264 "2025-01-29T05:50:33Z")

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The move/rotate tool should always be displayed automatically on screen, even if you zoom in on an object. The problem: If you zoom in on an object to see a small section of it, you cannot immediately move or rotate it …

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## [Need to rotate sketch to export as DXF...won't rotate](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/need-to-rotate-sketch-to-export-as-dxf-wont-rotate/36259)

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**Author:** [@JockM](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/JockM)\
**Replies:** 31\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 5:25am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/need-to-rotate-sketch-to-export-as-dxf-wont-rotate/36259 "2025-01-29T05:25:29Z")

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I need to export a DXF of a sketch in order to import it into my EDA software. Since the sketch is on the X-Z plane, I need to rotate it so it is on the X-Y plane (otherwise the DXF is just a line). However despite my …

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