# A cut-out design
**URL:** https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/a-cut-out-design/17895
**Category:** Modeling Questions
**Created:** [March 10, 2022, 6:29pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/a-cut-out-design/17895 "2022-03-10T18:29:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@DragonDon](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/DragonDon)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2022, 6:29pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/a-cut-out-design/17895/1 "2022-03-10T18:29:17Z")
I’m still learning a lot with this program but it’s fun.
I’m essentially designing a box and want to add in a part that can be ‘punched out’ if it’s used. Like a port on a circuit board that may or not be used. Specifically things like a USB port that may or may not be used, depending on configuration of parts inside…
I can easily create a single row of extruded sections but when I was looking at trying to copy those and move them down a bit, I could find no way to do it.
Creating each hole is possible but severely time consuming.
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### Author:  [@TigerMike](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TigerMike)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2022, 7:26pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/a-cut-out-design/17895/2 "2022-03-10T19:26:18Z")
Here’s a way to make some cut-outs.
[https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/f/ff56cb26949ad9a79c20436edcff2e584d1fed32.mov](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/f/ff56cb26949ad9a79c20436edcff2e584d1fed32.mov)
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### Author:  [@DragonDon](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/DragonDon)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/a-cut-out-design/17895/3 "2022-03-10T20:56:46Z")
Thanks! I knew I was missing something simple! Although I note that only works with round holes? A square whole didn’t seem to be selectable. In that case, it seems I would just draw the squares, copy/rotate and then extrude them all at once after.
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### Author:  [@TigerMike](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TigerMike)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/a-cut-out-design/17895/4 "2022-03-10T20:58:15Z")
It works with any shape. You just need to select all the appropriate interior surfaces so you can cleanly copy-move.
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### Author:  [@DragonDon](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/DragonDon)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2022, 9:57pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/a-cut-out-design/17895/5 "2022-03-10T21:57:37Z")
AH, you have to select 4 walls and 4 interior edges.
Hey Shapr3d, I have a suggestion for you, please make that easier. Trying to select an interior corner isn’t terribly precise. So we have to click 10+ times to do what only takes one one click on round holes.
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### Author:  [@TigerMike](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TigerMike)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2022, 10:24pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/a-cut-out-design/17895/6 "2022-03-10T22:24:41Z")
There’s always another way 🙂
[https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/f/fe0de22f8bcf42fbd712494cec7d78a746848876.mov](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/f/fe0de22f8bcf42fbd712494cec7d78a746848876.mov)
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### Author:  [@Oregonerd](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Oregonerd)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2022, 2:45am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/a-cut-out-design/17895/7 "2022-03-11T02:45:51Z")
It helps to know your intended manufacture process. Are you stamping sheet metal, 3D printing, laser cutting, injection molding?
These are very important considerations for “Manufacturability”. Several different approaches can be used for each process.
Other factors like water/ dust proof, etc.