# Best Practice for Modeling Flexible Corrugated Tubes Along 3D Paths

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**Created:** [June 20, 2025, 9:03am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/best-practice-for-modeling-flexible-corrugated-tubes-along-3d-paths/38461 "2025-06-20T09:03:17Z")\
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> [@Xdrakosha](#):
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> since Shapr3D doesn’t support 3D sketches, you’ll have to use several sketches to move through all three dimensions

> [@Making a cable](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/making-a-cable/37753/5):
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> Just chiming in with some food for thoughts… Working with splines creating a item with sweep gives you a perfect control over an organic shape, and with defined source you can calculate the length. (Blue body visible for clarity).

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