# Copying a 'Hole' from one part of a design to another

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/copying-a-hole-from-one-part-of-a-design-to-another/32914>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [July 16, 2024, 10:33pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/copying-a-hole-from-one-part-of-a-design-to-another/32914 "2024-07-16T22:33:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![JRayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b782af/32.png) [@JRayfield](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/JRayfield)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 10:33pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/copying-a-hole-from-one-part-of-a-design-to-another/32914/1 "2024-07-16T22:33:12Z")

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I have an object that I’ve created that has an ‘odd’ size hole in it. I need that ‘hole’ duplicated in another portion of the object. How can this be done?

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**Author:** ![JRayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b782af/32.png) [@JRayfield](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/JRayfield)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 3:34am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/copying-a-hole-from-one-part-of-a-design-to-another/32914/2 "2024-07-19T03:34:08Z")

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So is this not possible to do in Shapr3D?

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**Author:** ![rogerh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ba0ec/32.png) [@rogerh](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/rogerh)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 5:25am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/copying-a-hole-from-one-part-of-a-design-to-another/32914/3 "2024-07-19T05:25:34Z")

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Not sure what you mean by “odd size hole”. Have you tried patterning it?

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**Author:** ![JRayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b782af/32.png) [@JRayfield](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/JRayfield)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/copying-a-hole-from-one-part-of-a-design-to-another/32914/4 "2024-07-19T18:03:40Z")

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Here’s the file that I’m working with.

I need to duplicate the elongated hole that is in the ‘left’ part of this object, onto the ‘right’ part of this piece (positioning it below the large hole).  
[Test1.shapr](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/uploads/short-url/A4AzoQfrRSejdRINutBKGotPHXZ.shapr) (342.4 KB)

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**Author:** ![jean-philippe2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/jean-philippe2/32/27353_2.png) [@jean-philippe2](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/jean-philippe2)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 7:07pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/copying-a-hole-from-one-part-of-a-design-to-another/32914/5 "2024-07-19T19:07:40Z")

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Hi,  
You can use Transformer \> Faire pivoter

 ![Capture d’écran 2024-07-19 à 21.05.40](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/0/c/0c948b273afe4ab69eadf1a84f2e1e226145312b.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![TheBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@TheBum](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TheBum)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 10:35pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/copying-a-hole-from-one-part-of-a-design-to-another/32914/6 "2024-07-19T22:35:49Z")

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The best approach I can think of is to add a sketch to the face with the original hole, extrude the hole’s profile as a new body, and then use that body as a subtract tool where you want the second hole.

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**Author:** ![JRayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b782af/32.png) [@JRayfield](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/JRayfield)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/copying-a-hole-from-one-part-of-a-design-to-another/32914/7 "2024-07-20T17:44:13Z")

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I tried using Transform–\>Rotate Around Axis, with Copy selected, and it just seems to distort the ‘original’ elongated hole, rather than making a copy of the elongated hold that I can move over to the other face. I can’t get it to work like your illustration shows.