# Convert to body
**URL:** https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/convert-to-body/14364
**Category:** Modeling Questions
**Created:** [August 11, 2021, 1:40pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/convert-to-body/14364 "2021-08-11T13:40:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Alano](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Alano)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2021, 1:40pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/convert-to-body/14364/1 "2021-08-11T13:40:29Z")
Hey all,
So I just upgraded to the business sub so I can create a dwg. Man I am soooo bummed because I can’t select my part to create the dwg. I guess it’s not a “body.” Is there a way to convert it to a body?
Thanks,
Alan
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### Author:  [@Istvan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Istvan)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2021, 1:42pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/convert-to-body/14364/2 "2021-08-11T13:42:44Z")
Can you share a screenshot?
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### Author:  [@Alano](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Alano)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2021, 2:46pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/convert-to-body/14364/3 "2021-08-12T14:46:38Z")
Oops! My bad! The model in my doc was an stl. This was an old project would I dumped the original body model created in Shapr and only had the exports]ed stl file. I forgot I was in the process of rebuilding it again. When I reopened that work file I saw a part model and a bunch of sketch layers the lined up with the model. Took me a while of scratching my head I remembered I was in the process of rebuilding the part using the stl model as reference. Oops.
Once I realized this I was able to rebuild. It’s sooooo quick and easy to do this Shapr! I was then able to create a dwg.
Question though on the dimensioning: I’m unable to add dims rounded corners. Because of this I am unable to call out the overall width and height. In the attached image you can see that I can select line segments. I’ve tried the radius and diameter dim tool but cannot select the radius.
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### Author:  [@KPeter](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/KPeter)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/convert-to-body/14364/4 "2021-08-12T15:44:25Z")
Hi! The projections for the Drawing tool are made in the direction of the X, Y, and Z axes. If the body is misaligned just a bit - a few degrees, for example, the projection of the radiuses will be a spline that does not have a constant radius to measure.
Please create a sketch line that is parallel with one of the main axes of the coordinate system and align the body to that line to make sure the body is oriented properly.
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### Author:  [@NathanD](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/NathanD)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2021, 6:54am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/convert-to-body/14364/5 "2021-08-14T06:54:52Z")
I don’t know if this is of any benefit…
As an experiment of what @KPeter explained, I made this body, then tilted it a few degrees in the X axis, then Y, and then both axis.
Then I tried to min-max dimension the part during each axis tilt. The front view allows min-max dimensions with the part tilted in Y axis, but the front view has a problem with X axis. Makes sense.
So I turned on the “hidden edges” view, and selected corresponding edges. It did do a min-max, but keep in mind this is not going to be an accurate measurement, and more so the more the part is tilted in the x axis on the front view.
