# Creating a cavity for a nut aligned to a hole

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/creating-a-cavity-for-a-nut-aligned-to-a-hole/40593>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [April 1, 2026, 6:31pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/creating-a-cavity-for-a-nut-aligned-to-a-hole/40593 "2026-04-01T18:31:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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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:** [April 2, 2026, 6:03pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/creating-a-cavity-for-a-nut-aligned-to-a-hole/40593/21 "2026-04-02T18:03:18Z")

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I have to say, you made a lot of unnecessary actions. For example, both hexagons could be in one sketch, but you created two, and so on…

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**Author:** ![tomawc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tomawc](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/tomawc)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2026, 6:37pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/creating-a-cavity-for-a-nut-aligned-to-a-hole/40593/22 "2026-04-02T18:37:46Z")

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Got patience for one more? I cannot extrude the hole all the way through on the right side.

[Cam Cleat Base 4.shapr](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/uploads/short-url/c2EdxykZoNpztpAWxwPRqO2ovTI.shapr) (105.4 KB)

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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:** [April 2, 2026, 6:43pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/creating-a-cavity-for-a-nut-aligned-to-a-hole/40593/23 "2026-04-02T18:43:51Z")

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**Author:** ![tomawc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tomawc](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/tomawc)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2026, 7:08pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/creating-a-cavity-for-a-nut-aligned-to-a-hole/40593/24 "2026-04-02T19:08:46Z")

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Sorry not the hexagon but the round hole

 ![Cam Cleat hole problem](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/2/f/2f35f73436ce4078b52107109a326fed2ff3e4cf.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:** [April 2, 2026, 7:24pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/creating-a-cavity-for-a-nut-aligned-to-a-hole/40593/25 "2026-04-02T19:24:15Z")

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You’re trying to do an Offset but calling it Extrude. These are two different tools.

_There are already a lot of mistakes in the project. What I’m showing is how to fix issues that could have been avoided in the first place._

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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:** [April 2, 2026, 7:38pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/creating-a-cavity-for-a-nut-aligned-to-a-hole/40593/26 "2026-04-02T19:38:28Z")

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Just for clarity, everything you’ve done so far could have been done with a single sketch and five simple steps in the history.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/2/7/27806cd7892ed96c8255ed1b0845d115d8c47883.png)

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