# Connecting 2 circles to make body

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/connecting-2-circles-to-make-body/39019>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [August 2, 2025, 1:00pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/connecting-2-circles-to-make-body/39019 "2025-08-02T13:00:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![msibleyj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/msibleyj/32/29845_2.png) [@msibleyj](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/msibleyj)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2025, 1:00pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/connecting-2-circles-to-make-body/39019/1 "2025-08-02T13:00:59Z")

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It’s a simple design, but I can’t seem to get the lines to connect with the circles in order to create an extrudable body. What do I need to do next?

Thanks,  
Mark

[Dishwasher Clean-Dirty Slider 01.01.shapr](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/uploads/short-url/jicflfV3CHNQWQkKXaKv81krafa.shapr) (92.8 KB)

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**Author:** ![GroMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@GroMark](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/GroMark)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/connecting-2-circles-to-make-body/39019/2 "2025-08-02T13:17:22Z")

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I opened the file and it looks just fine, here’s how it looks:

 ![IMG_3079](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/c/3/c37b29bffcc6aa04f0b69f421e4f692ba8fc0a21.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Xdrakosha](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/xdrakosha/32/24881_2.png) [@Xdrakosha](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Xdrakosha)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2025, 1:31pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/connecting-2-circles-to-make-body/39019/3 "2025-08-02T13:31:08Z")

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> [@msibleyj](#):
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> What do I need to do next?

Just make the lines coincidence and tangent to the circles.

Don’t do like that. This is your circle and line above it.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/5/9/59f03a52a4502a978d8d43792a962fd58b050dce.png)

From the bottom of the circle line event not intersect with the circle

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/9/6/96b1cee8675d8822551e24a26c62bf139eaaee0d.png)

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**Author:** ![Xdrakosha](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/xdrakosha/32/24881_2.png) [@Xdrakosha](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Xdrakosha)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2025, 1:42pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/connecting-2-circles-to-make-body/39019/4 "2025-08-02T13:42:04Z")

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I don’t know how you achieved this horrible result but here is how it should be done.

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/d/1/d10a14300357a8eefbeafdeaab9e01ad70b1f827.jpeg "Work smart not hard") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XojEZqXCqBo)

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**Author:** ![msibleyj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/msibleyj/32/29845_2.png) [@msibleyj](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/msibleyj)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2025, 1:55pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/connecting-2-circles-to-make-body/39019/5 "2025-08-02T13:55:05Z")

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Got it! Thanks for the replies. I moved both ends of both lines until the “intersection” comment popped up and that did it.

Mark

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/c/7/c7a0c7e042c0af03a69c534298ab46aca4221299.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:** [August 2, 2025, 4:50pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/connecting-2-circles-to-make-body/39019/6 "2025-08-02T16:50:32Z")

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Well if we had Sketch Fillet and Fillet Full Round for extruded model this wouldn’t happen. 🫠

Missing basic features.

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**Author:** ![Xdrakosha](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/xdrakosha/32/24881_2.png) [@Xdrakosha](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Xdrakosha)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/connecting-2-circles-to-make-body/39019/7 "2025-08-02T16:54:44Z")

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> [@SCALEMODEL](#):
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> this wouldn’t happen

This will happen anyway.

If a person doesn’t pay attention to things like constraints, fillets won’t help at all.

Even if in this particular case it would solve the issue, a similar problem will immediately appear elsewhere.

P.S. I’m not against the fillet function in sketches at all — quite the opposite, I actually support it.

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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:** [August 2, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/connecting-2-circles-to-make-body/39019/8 "2025-08-02T17:06:59Z")

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Well you will never know, those 2 basic tools is missing (REALLY BASIC, why missing I have no idea), could have been utilized first given option to be used.

Draw 2 circles, box, and constraint. (Had a giggle in shapr the need to do this 🤦 I don’t even do this in Freecad. )

or

Just rectangle, sketch fillet 4 corners.

Or better yet rectangle 2 sides full round fillet.

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**Author:** ![Xdrakosha](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/xdrakosha/32/24881_2.png) [@Xdrakosha](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Xdrakosha)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2025, 5:17pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/connecting-2-circles-to-make-body/39019/9 "2025-08-02T17:17:08Z")

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> [@SCALEMODEL](#):
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> Well you will never know

I know that very good. I came from Fusion360 and still use it from time to time, so I know how many basic things are missing in Shapr3D.