# 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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**Post date:** [June 20, 2025, 12:37pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/best-practice-for-modeling-flexible-corrugated-tubes-along-3d-paths/38461/5 "2025-06-20T12:37:23Z")

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> [@Making a cable](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/making-a-cable/37753/5):
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> Working with splines creating a item with sweep gives you a perfect control over an organic shape,

Not very informative — explain what you did in your screenshot. And how is that related or contradict to what I said?

You probably wanted to show an approach with an intersected body and the use of one of its edges as a path for a sweep.

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