# Can’t make waterdrop shape

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**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [July 19, 2025, 6:48am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/can-t-make-waterdrop-shape/38804 "2025-07-19T06:48:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9dc877/32.png) [@Eider](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Eider)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 6:48am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/can-t-make-waterdrop-shape/38804/1 "2025-07-19T06:48:27Z")

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I’m having trouble modeling a teardrop shape, like the kind you see in earrings. I’ve tried different approaches, but I can’t seem to get it right. I’d also like to extrude it with some curvature or smooth tapering, but I’m not sure how to do that either.

Could someone please guide me through the best way to create the body?

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**Author:** ![SCALEMODEL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@SCALEMODEL](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/SCALEMODEL)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 6:51am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/can-t-make-waterdrop-shape/38804/2 "2025-07-19T06:51:06Z")

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Just sketch half of a tear drop and revolve it.

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**Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 6:58am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/can-t-make-waterdrop-shape/38804/3 "2025-07-19T06:58:13Z")

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Thanks for your response, but revolving it doesn’t give me the result I’m looking for, because the shape isn’t symmetrical across all axes.  
I’ve attached a picture to show what I’m trying to achieve.

 ![IMG_0064](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/0/4/04b124ed0914692784cdaf1029e18950b1b8aa87.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![SCALEMODEL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@SCALEMODEL](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/SCALEMODEL)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 7:02am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/can-t-make-waterdrop-shape/38804/4 "2025-07-19T07:02:22Z")

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I think you can sketch that curved tear drop extrude, fillet it and mirror.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/1/b/1b9879cd2fd566bd7dc28e4ff418abd1b71fa390.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Eider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9dc877/32.png) [@Eider](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Eider)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 7:14am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/can-t-make-waterdrop-shape/38804/5 "2025-07-19T07:14:33Z")

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Wow!! I’m really not sure how to do that. Could you show me how, step by step? That would be the idea

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**Author:** ![SCALEMODEL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@SCALEMODEL](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/SCALEMODEL)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 7:36am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/can-t-make-waterdrop-shape/38804/6 "2025-07-19T07:36:31Z")

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Sketch

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/d/6/d6c3df7d04787bd19a0dbf62ec7044dc2eb76549.jpeg)

Extrude and fillet to Maximum

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/c/d/cdebfb30f92e94c26f5bd3ace1e306ccd7608c39.jpeg)

Split

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/5/2/52ec7a70325d3e041e0fe62d1bdce4808438112e.jpeg)

Just to clean up delete this curved area, the lines are not flowing correctly.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/1/f/1f42f89b447e3e5697c3469b59bef55a03218d2e.jpeg)

Re-Fillet to clean up

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/6/a/6ac2a28e261c0b2c86e9856b210e6da49fa65720.jpeg)

Delete another area

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/1/6/16b89c86196da007b8319832d981196b46ebb89a.jpeg)

Mirror

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/0/7/07338133c05dc21af4fcec740fd32a7a1989f9b4.jpeg)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/6/6/669115cb841320c78ae04ce83d122a32b9b0dbc6.jpeg)

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**Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 4:20pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/can-t-make-waterdrop-shape/38804/7 "2025-07-19T16:20:43Z")

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My way…

 ![IMG_1546](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/e/a/eaf11c58f62bad510bbd74187d3c2eca4bd90a16.jpeg)  
 ![IMG_1550](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/8/e/8e752615b6841e07870037d0fd4eb92286519227.jpeg)  
 ![IMG_1547](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/9/f/9f3b2a1946d917ce01b3d329b4a2e1c65e1ab000.jpeg)  
 ![IMG_1548](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/5/6/56faab484c60b64df1bd2d6929084ba7b4156088.jpeg)  
 ![IMG_1549](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/e/d/eda03ef25de442a292e1ff4388e58600b1f20a70.jpeg)

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**Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 4:53pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/can-t-make-waterdrop-shape/38804/8 "2025-07-19T16:53:38Z")

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But why didn’t you complete the circle at the end?

My real way would be bypass Shapr, I do that kinda work in Blender and import as NURBS.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/6/a/6ab9424d3bdc9274f4ffddf9befd59b9b24f9448.jpeg)

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**Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 5:18pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/can-t-make-waterdrop-shape/38804/9 "2025-07-19T17:18:42Z")

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You can close the top in the same way I close the bottom. It’s just about the technique not the end result. Have a nice weekend.  
😀

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**Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 5:22pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/can-t-make-waterdrop-shape/38804/10 "2025-07-19T17:22:02Z")

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My quick result 🙂 By some reason I wanted to make it more like rupert’s drop.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/3/2/328d8b5f79f0fac4dbdcbb292275ca8b7d7fc490.jpeg)

Revolve for base. Loft for tail.

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**Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/can-t-make-waterdrop-shape/38804/11 "2025-07-19T17:30:32Z")

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I ask because If applied that technique to the bottom to the top you might get distortions.

Blender to NURBs is complete rounding loop.  
Looks like this in Blender

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/1/0/10aba1889583a7dfb136d84a7930eafe0e382258.jpeg)

Coverted to Nurbs durring export.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/5/a/5a6d59ca04115dad1cd8bf0853663d4ca367fc2e.jpeg)

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**Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 5:54pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/can-t-make-waterdrop-shape/38804/12 "2025-07-19T17:54:20Z")

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Okay, I like the strategy, but it gets tricky when one side of the teardrop shape gets wider. When you sketch it using many points, it becomes hard to apply a fillet with the maximum radius you want, because the rounding is limited by the short segments.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/b/c/bc35cb0e332423ccb863ed8256e786ea424b39be.jpeg)

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**Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/can-t-make-waterdrop-shape/38804/13 "2025-07-19T18:14:24Z")

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> [@Eider](#):
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> When you sketch it using many points

This is true, you will want to minimize control points not just for your tear drop but in general everything you draw with Splines.

My example is done with very minimal control points and the quicket/easiest way took more time to post it.

Above we were getting nitpicky about methods because there is some drawbacks to both methhods. Even with Loft where it curves to and end at point, but that is getting nitpicky, for you you just want to make the shape.

If fillet doesn’t work try loft method shown above, but things like this is soooooo easy in Blender vs Loft in Shapr.

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**Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/can-t-make-waterdrop-shape/38804/14 "2025-07-19T19:54:15Z")

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> [@SCALEMODEL](#):
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> but things like this is soooooo easy in Blender vs Loft in Shapr.

Yes, but it’s more precise with Shapr3d especially if you have to respect dimensions or curves. With **Subdivision** , you don’t manage the object precisely. Only the creation phase and the organic forms are good.

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**Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 8:23pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/can-t-make-waterdrop-shape/38804/15 "2025-07-19T20:23:00Z")

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More precise? Why do you need precision for this example? Because you need to measure the teardrop or the ear ring? I would than ask for spec file from NASA or the Jeweler! 🫠

All example above was done by eye.

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**Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 8:43pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/can-t-make-waterdrop-shape/38804/16 "2025-07-19T20:43:38Z")

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So, there’s no way to do this in Shapr3D?

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**Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 8:53pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/can-t-make-waterdrop-shape/38804/17 "2025-07-19T20:53:55Z")

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Jean just side tracked.

You tried the Fillet didn’t work so now try the Loft when you have problems post it someone will help.

My soft recommendation play with Blender.

> [@jean-philippe2](#):
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> Only the creation phase and the organic forms are good.

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**Post date:** [July 20, 2025, 12:27pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/can-t-make-waterdrop-shape/38804/18 "2025-07-20T12:27:56Z")

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[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/a/3/a3c43a354f544a72be639040ac817915c0ca73a7.jpeg "Define your design with curve networks") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhLyROKAxLU)

I learned something here…

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**Post date:** [July 20, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/can-t-make-waterdrop-shape/38804/19 "2025-07-20T17:48:50Z")

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This example doesn’t have a dome at the end.

For this tear drop example side guides are not needed, it’s more difficult to use the guides and end with a dome, you introduced more problems with the guides.

Which is why I asked to end it with oval dome, I was more curious how you would end with a dome when you introduce guides.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/0/a/0aad25366683e8facf8cce454a2f32dcee55c34a.jpeg)

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**Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/can-t-make-waterdrop-shape/38804/20 "2025-07-21T15:51:59Z")

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