# Latest **URL:** https://discourse.shapr3d.com/latest.md?page=96 [Latest](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/tags.md) **Page:** 97 --- ## [How to create organic shapes?](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-create-organic-shapes/31939)
**Author:** [@Dysaniaprops](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Dysaniaprops)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-create-organic-shapes/31939 "2024-06-03T21:41:07Z")
I’m trying to recreate this staff and I’m currently struggling with the middle part. I’m trying with loft and guided rails, but I’m having a lot of issues with the rails. Any suggestions? Thanks! --- ## [New Folder and Options menu greyed out](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/new-folder-and-options-menu-greyed-out/32258)
**Author:** [@Shaun](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Shaun)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2024, 9:46am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/new-folder-and-options-menu-greyed-out/32258 "2024-06-03T09:46:31Z")
Not sure how long ago this change took place but the New Folder icon and the options icon next to it are always greyed out. They’re usable but I’m presuming they’re not supposed to be dark in the same way that other icon… --- ## [Can an webviewer link be used for marketing on a website?](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/can-an-webviewer-link-be-used-for-marketing-on-a-website/32286)
**Author:** [@Henx](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Henx)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2024, 4:19am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/can-an-webviewer-link-be-used-for-marketing-on-a-website/32286 "2024-06-03T04:19:39Z")
Hi, Can 3D models be used for marketing purposes with Webviewer? Or can webviewer link also be used at exhibited show if it is turned into a QR code? Example, Ikea, it is possible to view a product in 3D and use AR to… --- ## [Warning when deleting Sketches in new version](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/warning-when-deleting-sketches-in-new-version/31526)
**Author:** [@Steve](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Steve)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2024, 10:18pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/warning-when-deleting-sketches-in-new-version/31526 "2024-06-02T22:18:34Z")
I think it would be very helpful to give a warning when attempting to delete a sketch with associated bodies. For those of us who don’t always read the release notes for new versions of the program (primarily just human … --- ## [USDZ exports no transparency informations](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/usdz-exports-no-transparency-informations/32245)
**Author:** [@Muffel](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Muffel)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2024, 9:06pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/usdz-exports-no-transparency-informations/32245 "2024-06-02T21:06:22Z")
After exporting visualized models as a USDZ-file, the transparency informations get lost. --- ## [Linked independent sketches in the same plane](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/linked-independent-sketches-in-the-same-plane/30201)
**Author:** [@Pggirvin](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Pggirvin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2024, 9:01pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/linked-independent-sketches-in-the-same-plane/30201 "2024-06-02T21:01:41Z")
I would like to be able to have multiple independent sketches in the same plane, that can be geometrically linked. The problem that this feature will solve: In order to efficiently create a parametric model without cre… --- ## [I need help modeling a violin](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/i-need-help-modeling-a-violin/32276)
**Author:** [@Takoyaki](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Takoyaki)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/i-need-help-modeling-a-violin/32276 "2024-06-02T17:06:10Z")
Hello, I have been trying to solve this problem for an hour. I am trying to create the back plate of the violin using the Loft tool. However, the Loft tool is not working as I expected. Could you please help me figure ou… --- ## [How to (not) extrude 90° from a slope?](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-not-extrude-90-from-a-slope/32280)
**Author:** [@automatom](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/automatom)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2024, 3:22pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-not-extrude-90-from-a-slope/32280 "2024-06-02T15:22:01Z")
So I drew a sketch on a slope that I need to extrude, but naturally it extrudes perpendicular to the angle of the slope. Is there a simple way of getting it to extrude perpendicular to another plane? Or am I going about … --- ## [Preference Settings for Drawings (templates)](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/preference-settings-for-drawings-templates/32254)
**Author:** [@Julian\_ZFS](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Julian_ZFS)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2024, 11:47am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/preference-settings-for-drawings-templates/32254 "2024-06-02T11:47:09Z")
The problem that this feature will solve: Every time I start a new Drawing, my first step is to adjust the title block. It would be much faster and less error-prone if i can save a template beforehand. Brief descriptio… --- ## [About account recovery](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/about-account-recovery/32274)
**Author:** [@hws](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/hws)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2024, 10:48am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/about-account-recovery/32274 "2024-06-02T10:48:28Z")
Hello, my account was accidentally deleted and reset, now all the model files inside the account are gone, can you help me recover it? These files are really important to me!!! If you can I hope you reply sooner, thanks! … --- ## [Sketching: line, circle, etc. get's put near purple guide-points, not onto them](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/sketching-line-circle-etc-gets-put-near-purple-guide-points-not-onto-them/32236)
**Author:** [@TomatC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TomatC)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2024, 10:13pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/sketching-line-circle-etc-gets-put-near-purple-guide-points-not-onto-them/32236 "2024-05-31T22:13:00Z")
So, these purple guide-points, when i try placing a sketch onto them, it get’s placed around them, not on them. Project/App restart doesn’t help. Nor does exporting the objects as .step and re-importing into fresh projec… --- ## [Patterned Holes](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/patterned-holes/32234)
**Author:** [@DylanB](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/DylanB)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2024, 5:31pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/patterned-holes/32234 "2024-05-31T17:31:39Z")
Hi All, Just wondering if someone has a good idea of how to quickly put these holes in my steel beams. I tried two methods on this job. I sketched the holes on the top face of the beam and then cut the holes with an e… --- ## [making offset ](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/making-offset/32243)
**Author:** [@salvo.barbera.st](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/salvo.barbera.st)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/making-offset/32243 "2024-05-31T17:29:35Z")
make a spline, make a rectangle, allign them, use sweep, after make fillet, then offset one face, some face and some fillet disappear --- ## [How to make a "bulge" for seat cushions?](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-make-a-bulge-for-seat-cushions/19148)
**Author:** [@jpeskin](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/jpeskin)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2024, 2:01pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-make-a-bulge-for-seat-cushions/19148 "2024-05-31T14:01:15Z")
I’m trying to simulate the bulge or slight dome that seat cushions have on couches, and I’m not sure what the best method is? I did figure out one way which is that I made 3 arcs across 3 parallel lines and then Loft be… --- ## [Projecting body onto other body](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/projecting-body-onto-other-body/32237)
**Author:** [@olemoi](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/olemoi)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2024, 12:37pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/projecting-body-onto-other-body/32237 "2024-05-31T12:37:51Z")
I’m working on the following model. I want the pillars to be on the face of the round body, as a kind of ‘texture’. I tried the sweep function, but the outer border of the rounded body has no path. The rounded body is a … --- ## [Deleteing lines is deleting objects](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/deleteing-lines-is-deleting-objects/32163)
**Author:** [@dmills541](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/dmills541)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2024, 7:51am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/deleteing-lines-is-deleting-objects/32163 "2024-05-31T07:51:53Z")
Ok this is odd. i have started a new design and once i get the sketch done and extrude a object from a sketch or project a sketch onto another object i cannot delete the sketch lines. if i do it deletes the object i ext… --- ## [App crashes just as it is finishing the last steps of opening my file](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/app-crashes-just-as-it-is-finishing-the-last-steps-of-opening-my-file/32217)
**Author:** [@DougLind](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/DougLind)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2024, 7:15am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/app-crashes-just-as-it-is-finishing-the-last-steps-of-opening-my-file/32217 "2024-05-31T07:15:41Z")
App crashes just as it is finishing the last steps of opening my file. I am using a 2nd gen iPad Pro. Sometimes (rarely) the. File will open, but then after doing something simple, the app will shut down. When I am able … --- ## [Multi-Select Faces](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/multi-select-faces/32221)
**Author:** [@Lester](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Lester)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/multi-select-faces/32221 "2024-05-30T15:50:18Z")
I am working from my iPad. I have 100 Hexagons that I want to extrude onto a flat body that is 10mm thick. Essentially, I need 100 Hexagonal holes in the 10mm flat body. The 100 hexagons are 30mm above the flat body a… --- ## [Alignment function](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/alignment-function/32212)
**Author:** [@Rolf](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Rolf)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/alignment-function/32212 "2024-05-30T15:46:02Z")
Love the alignment function. However, maybe I am missing something as when I align two objects the aligned object is always translated in one direction I can then manually try to correct before accepting. Is there a way … --- ## [Sketch disappears](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/sketch-disappears/32167)
**Author:** [@tsdshapr](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/tsdshapr)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/sketch-disappears/32167 "2024-05-30T14:55:41Z")
Hi. I used shapr3d in the past and there is a difference in how you extrude from sketches now that is really annoying. I like drawing things first and in the end proceed with extruding the areas. However, if I draw the… --- ## [Import issues](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/import-issues/32227)
**Author:** [@APDesignMachine](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/APDesignMachine)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2024, 2:05pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/import-issues/32227 "2024-05-30T14:05:12Z")
I rely heavily on using standard step files for hardware and other parts imported. Only now I can’t import them into an assembly. I have to open a new project to import them, then export as x\_t in order to bring them int… --- ## [App crash on Mirror execute](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/app-crash-on-mirror-execute/32225)
**Author:** [@farzomotorsports](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/farzomotorsports)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2024, 12:53pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/app-crash-on-mirror-execute/32225 "2024-05-30T12:53:45Z")
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… --- ## [Mini midi controller](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/mini-midi-controller/32222)
**Author:** [@eross21](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/eross21)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2024, 11:13am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/mini-midi-controller/32222 "2024-05-30T11:13:12Z")
here is a midi controller i designed in Shapr 3d and exported to 3d printers, laser cutters and cnc routers to bring it to life. --- ## [Rais individual points vertically](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/rais-individual-points-vertically/32150)
**Author:** [@Simpel99](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Simpel99)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2024, 9:58pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/rais-individual-points-vertically/32150 "2024-05-29T21:58:17Z")
Is there a way to move individual points from a surface vertically or can you draw a line at different heights? --- ## [Simplfy mesh on 2D Drawings](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/simplfy-mesh-on-2d-drawings/32119)
**Author:** [@mystik.studio](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/mystik.studio)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2024, 9:55pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/simplfy-mesh-on-2d-drawings/32119 "2024-05-29T21:55:36Z")
When I import a step file of a chair is there a way to remove the extra line and faces from the 2d drawing? As you can see the tables and walls look clean but the chair is a mess. Id rather not use this in production. It… --- ## [Stealth update?](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/stealth-update/32215)
**Author:** [@APDesignMachine](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/APDesignMachine)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/stealth-update/32215 "2024-05-29T21:51:52Z")
Did shapr issue a stealth update today? Im on 5.621 and was working on a project that’s been in the works for weeks earlier, mowed the lawn and came back to shapr closed out. It won’t open the file (merged history and al… --- ## [How to draw a 3d metallic wire](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-draw-a-3d-metallic-wire/32209)
**Author:** [@Liuska](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Liuska)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2024, 7:03pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-draw-a-3d-metallic-wire/32209 "2024-05-29T19:03:52Z")
Hello everyone, I am new to this forum and to shapr3d. I apologise if my question will be a bit silly, but I have only been using this software for a very short time. Thank you for your understanding. I need to model an… --- ## [Select all as default in rename](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/select-all-as-default-in-rename/32191)
**Author:** [@APDesignMachine](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/APDesignMachine)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2024, 6:33pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/select-all-as-default-in-rename/32191 "2024-05-29T18:33:25Z")
Requesting that Select All be the default initial setting when renaming. The problem that this feature will solve: It will save a lot of time when re-naming lots of files. Brief description of the outcomes that you ex… --- ## [Tutorial files](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/tutorial-files/32207)
**Author:** [@RobertTempleton](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/RobertTempleton)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2024, 4:24pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/tutorial-files/32207 "2024-05-29T16:24:04Z")
I’m currently going through Matt Lombards Shapr3D Basics tutorials. Just started “Import models: Assembling a motorcycle engine” but have no idea where to find the tutorial files to be loaded and assembled. They are no… --- ## [Bug on autosave / auto backup](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/bug-on-autosave-auto-backup/32199)
**Author:** [@Terbaik](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Terbaik)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2024, 2:32pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/bug-on-autosave-auto-backup/32199 "2024-05-29T14:32:02Z")
Shapr3d was forced to close automatically (maybe there was minor updates), Then I reopened my design. The autogenerated backup folder no longer appears, however some of the bodies in my design are messy. It’s not missin… [Previous page](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/latest.md?page=95) [Next page](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/latest.md?page=97)