# Convex heart shape
**URL:** https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/convex-heart-shape/19810
**Category:** Modeling Questions
**Created:** [June 11, 2022, 4:25pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/convex-heart-shape/19810 "2022-06-11T16:25:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@Derekwong](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Derekwong)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2022, 4:25pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/convex-heart-shape/19810/1 "2022-06-11T16:25:36Z")
Can someone teach me to create a convex heart shape? Thank you
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### Author:  [@welshsteve](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/welshsteve)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/convex-heart-shape/19810/2 "2022-06-11T19:21:42Z")
This is far from perfect but it’s a start…
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2EIiYlyELA)
EDIT:
Please skip my video and follow the video from @Istvan below.
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### Author:  [@Istvan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Istvan)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/convex-heart-shape/19810/3 "2022-06-11T19:34:05Z")
Or like this:
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### Author:  [@welshsteve](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/welshsteve)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2022, 7:59pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/convex-heart-shape/19810/4 "2022-06-11T19:59:07Z")
I tried it this way originally but wasn’t able to use more than 2 guide rails so the result was horrendous 🤣
I created 3 guide rails then attempted to loft using them.
I selected the first and the body snapped to first guide rail.
I selected the second and the body snapped to the second guide rail.
I selected the third and the body snapped to the third guid rail but un-snapped from the second.
I tried it with straight guides just as in your example as well as creating guide rails rotated around the centre like spokes of a wheel, The results were less than desirable each time.
I’m not entirely sure what is going on ☹
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### Author:  [@Istvan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Istvan)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2022, 8:00pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/convex-heart-shape/19810/5 "2022-06-11T20:00:36Z")
That’s weird. Can you share a screen recording?
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### Author:  [@welshsteve](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/welshsteve)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/convex-heart-shape/19810/6 "2022-06-11T20:22:13Z")
This is a little embarrassing…
I recreated the heart the way I originally did it with three guide rails… and it worked 🤔
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amwmHf32etg)
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### Author:  [@Derekwong](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Derekwong)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2022, 1:48am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/convex-heart-shape/19810/7 "2022-06-12T01:48:11Z")
Hi, Istven,
Thank you your help, but It seems I can’t make the ellipse intersects
to heart line. Can you teach me ? Many Thanks…
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### Author:  [@Derekwong](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Derekwong)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2022, 1:53am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/convex-heart-shape/19810/8 "2022-06-12T01:53:08Z")
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### Author:  [@welshsteve](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/welshsteve)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2022, 8:16am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/convex-heart-shape/19810/9 "2022-06-12T08:16:15Z")
@Derekwong, I experience exactly the same issue.
I can’t seem to get the ellipse to intersect correctly with the heart.
However, if I sketch using the spline tool to create a guide then I don’t have any issues.
@Istvan, Yesterday I had an issue where I wasn’t able to select more than two guide rails. Each time I selected the third guide rail the previous guide would de-select. I closed the program and relaunched then tried again with no issue and have not been able to replicate the fault.
However, I have two other issues/glitches…
1. Just like @Derekwong above, I am not able to snap an ellipse to the edge of the heart.
However, I am able to manually sketch a spline which snaps just fine and can be used as a guide rail.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg5tO0nQKoQ)
1. Normally, to create a 2D view I would either double tap a face or select the face then click the space bar.
However, now…
When I double tap a face… nothing happens.
When I select a face it assumes I want to extrude (which is normal) but when I press the space bar it deletes the “0.0mm” from the box and waits for me to enter a dimension.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70xrPb0xWNg)
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### Author:  [@Derekwong](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Derekwong)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2022, 2:01pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/convex-heart-shape/19810/10 "2022-06-12T14:01:40Z")
Thanks welshsteve, it works fine on spline tool to make intersect. I try to make a irregular heart, the heart is not smooth. I saw the lines guiding to form a heart. It is quick difficult to make a convex heart. 😮💨
