# 26.0 – Scale, Orientation, and Twist controls for Sweep
**URL:** https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/26-0-scale-orientation-and-twist-controls-for-sweep/40168
**Category:** Release notes
**Created:** [January 22, 2026, 7:35am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/26-0-scale-orientation-and-twist-controls-for-sweep/40168 "2026-01-22T07:35:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Jeriz](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Jeriz)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2026, 7:35am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/26-0-scale-orientation-and-twist-controls-for-sweep/40168/1 "2026-01-22T07:35:10Z")
Refine sweep results with new parameter controls in the History sidebar.
• Improved: Now you can adjust Scale, Orientation, and Twist directly from the Sweep card in the History sidebar, allowing you to create complex sweep geometry directly within a single operation.
Learn more in our [Help Center article](https://support.shapr3d.com/hc/en-us/articles/7874456833948).
Try this update and share your feedback in the comments below.
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### Author:  [@Jeriz](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Jeriz)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2026, 7:35am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/26-0-scale-orientation-and-twist-controls-for-sweep/40168/2 "2026-01-22T07:35:17Z")
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### Author:  [@SCALEMODEL](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/SCALEMODEL)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2026, 4:49pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/26-0-scale-orientation-and-twist-controls-for-sweep/40168/3 "2026-01-22T16:49:38Z")
Brings so much possibilities with TWIST!
TWIST, finally getting some creative love!
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### Author:  [@msx3000](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/msx3000)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2026, 8:18am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/26-0-scale-orientation-and-twist-controls-for-sweep/40168/4 "2026-01-23T08:18:08Z")
Hi, that looks like a very nice feature. Great to finally get some new modeling tools.
The examples like the spiral cord are looking great and I would really like to replicate it, sadly I can’t figure out how to do that kind of an organic path and have a round shape rotate around it.
Could you provide tutorials on how those forms have been achieved? That would be very helpful.
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### Author:  [@jgsparklab](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/jgsparklab)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2026, 9:24pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/26-0-scale-orientation-and-twist-controls-for-sweep/40168/5 "2026-01-24T21:24:07Z")
Errr what happened to the 5.10 series of version numbers? 26.0 came from where?
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### Author:  [@SCALEMODEL](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/SCALEMODEL)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2026, 10:38pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/26-0-scale-orientation-and-twist-controls-for-sweep/40168/6 "2026-01-24T22:38:31Z")
haha yes good catch, they been twisting versioning numbers!
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### Author:  [@jgsparklab](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/jgsparklab)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2026, 12:09am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/26-0-scale-orientation-and-twist-controls-for-sweep/40168/7 "2026-01-25T00:09:39Z")
Saw what you did there. Twisting it up! I would have understood if it is was gag for a new thread tool but hey you never know. Lol.
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### Author:  [@SCALEMODEL](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/SCALEMODEL)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2026, 1:45am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/26-0-scale-orientation-and-twist-controls-for-sweep/40168/8 "2026-01-25T01:45:42Z")
hmm good idea! Threads
They might have utilized the twist for this graphic.
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### Author:  [@JST](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/JST)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2026, 7:12am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/26-0-scale-orientation-and-twist-controls-for-sweep/40168/9 "2026-01-25T07:12:52Z")
> [@jgsparklab](#):
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> Saw what you did there. Twisting it up! I would have understood if it is was gag for a new thread tool but hey you never know. Lol.
new year, new name, new version number correlates with the year
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### Author:  [@GeorgeTDS](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/GeorgeTDS)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2026, 3:27am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/26-0-scale-orientation-and-twist-controls-for-sweep/40168/10 "2026-01-26T03:27:37Z")
I have noticed that there is a fair delay between I see these announcements and when the update is offered to me online (at least for the Mac Version). Is there a particular reason for this?
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### Author:  [@Istvan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Istvan)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2026, 5:56am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/26-0-scale-orientation-and-twist-controls-for-sweep/40168/11 "2026-01-26T05:56:40Z")
Update rollouts are phased, meaning that not everybody gets the automatic update at the same time. You can always update manually.
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### Author:  [@jgsparklab](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/jgsparklab)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2026, 1:34am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/26-0-scale-orientation-and-twist-controls-for-sweep/40168/12 "2026-01-28T01:34:52Z")
As a software engineer. I will say I am very impressed with the number of releases in a year. 20+ releases in a year is very good going.
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### Author:  [@Dana](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Dana)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2026, 12:26pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/26-0-scale-orientation-and-twist-controls-for-sweep/40168/13 "2026-02-03T12:26:45Z")
I’ve just got the new update. Looks like its a fun and handy way to customize and get creative with sweeps. Unfortunately the short demo video that came along with the announcement is so shallow and little explaining when it comes to this new feat’s potential. Been playing around with the new feat for a bit now (basic shapes swept along basic paths), but I’m a bit dissapointed with what I’ve achieved with it so far. So I’m really looking forward to seeing some more in-depth tutorials and creations being done with it.
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### Author:  [@Xdrakosha](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Xdrakosha)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2026, 1:02pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/26-0-scale-orientation-and-twist-controls-for-sweep/40168/14 "2026-02-03T13:02:20Z")
> [@Dana](#):
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> to seeing some more
I like that this kind of thing now requires almost no actions to complete.
In addition some interesting ideas from my colleague:
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### Author:  [@jnygaard.dk](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/jnygaard.dk)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2026, 7:58pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/26-0-scale-orientation-and-twist-controls-for-sweep/40168/15 "2026-02-03T19:58:54Z")
This is a really great addition, so thank you!
But I wish you had also added the guardrail for scaling, now that you were overhauling the sweep tool…
And I also would have loved to see a baked in Union. (option for: New Body, Subtract, Intersect, Union) just like Extrude has it. The Revolve tool needs the same.
And there ought to be another option. New body for each profile. If you have multiple and they touch, it will become one body. Would be nice you have the option for separate ones in order to assign different material or colours.
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### Author:  [@jnygaard.dk](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/jnygaard.dk)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2026, 8:02pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/26-0-scale-orientation-and-twist-controls-for-sweep/40168/17 "2026-02-03T20:02:02Z")
> [@Xdrakosha](#):
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> I like that this kind of thing now requires almost no actions to complete.
Yeah. If only they had added the guardrail like F360, we’d have spiral vases in on click almost 😄
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### Author:  [@Tibi\_Shapr3D](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Tibi_Shapr3D)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2026, 8:04am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/26-0-scale-orientation-and-twist-controls-for-sweep/40168/18 "2026-02-04T08:04:08Z")
We first wanted to extend the use-cases sweep is good for with these parameters. We will also look into adding the guiderail as a future improvement.
Regarding the baked in boolean options, stay tuned those are also coming in the first half of the year.
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### Author:  [@DavidU\_Shapr3D](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/DavidU_Shapr3D)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2026, 10:03am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/26-0-scale-orientation-and-twist-controls-for-sweep/40168/19 "2026-02-04T10:03:37Z")
Hi,
Do you have an example swept body using rails? I am trying to understand when is it best to use loft with guide rails vs sweep with guide rails.
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### Author:  [@jnygaard.dk](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/jnygaard.dk)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2026, 1:45pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/26-0-scale-orientation-and-twist-controls-for-sweep/40168/20 "2026-02-04T13:45:27Z")
> [@DavidU\_Shapr3D](#):
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> Do you have an example swept body using rails? I am trying to understand when is it best to use loft with guide rails vs sweep with guide rails.
You are right, there is a bit of overlap. But anything twisty/spirally get real difficult with loft.
A spring coil. The gray one, that tappers on the end.
[https://springcoil.co.uk/spring/suspension-springs/](https://springcoil.co.uk/spring/suspension-springs/)
And the whole sub culture of spiral vases. Like this one.
[https://3dcraft.dk/products/vorticia-vase](https://3dcraft.dk/products/vorticia-vase)
This one don’t have the same twist all the way, but if it did, it would be a sketch and one operation. Done.
Brings me to another thing, that I omitted earlier. Would be really powerfull if there was a “twistrail” too. So a line/spline/curve that defined the twist angle along the profile. With input boxes for min/max values.
I was actually gonna make a feature request, suggesting putting twist-rail and the scale-rail on the Extrude tool. But a sweep on a straight line would be the same, so maybe better keep Extrude simple and have everything in one big powerfull sweep tool.
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### Author:  [@msx3000](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/msx3000)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2026, 7:38am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/26-0-scale-orientation-and-twist-controls-for-sweep/40168/21 "2026-02-18T07:38:25Z")
Hi Xdrakosha,
could you explain how you did the spiral cord with on sketch plane? If I have a path and a circle shape in the same sketch plane the sweep always fails. I can’t figure out what I’m missing.
Thx in advance 😉
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