# Creating a spine in 2 planes

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/creating-a-spine-in-2-planes/1410>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [August 16, 2017, 8:18pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/creating-a-spine-in-2-planes/1410 "2017-08-16T20:18:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kviczko74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c0e974/32.png) [@Kviczko74](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Kviczko74)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 8:18pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/creating-a-spine-in-2-planes/1410/1 "2017-08-16T20:18:10Z")

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I am trying to create a tubular shape which has a couple of arms that leave the main shape at an angle in two different planes. Is there a way to extend the tubes out on a spline in 2planes simultaneously?

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**Author:** ![Kviczko74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c0e974/32.png) [@Kviczko74](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Kviczko74)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 4:08pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/creating-a-spine-in-2-planes/1410/3 "2017-08-17T16:08:11Z")

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This is the simple drawing of a body mount. My first time using Shapr so its a bit rough. The problem is with the arms that extend out and back to connect the top bar to the rest. I ended up making the top and bottom first and then creating the connecting tube and trying to place it after to connect the two pieces. I’m sure there is a way of joining them using the sweep tool, I just was having trouble orienting a spine that would connect them. Any help would be appreciated.  
Kell  
 ![IMG_0048](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/1/14a2bbaa2269b15c055883006b15f505d682c137.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Kviczko74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c0e974/32.png) [@Kviczko74](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Kviczko74)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 4:12pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/creating-a-spine-in-2-planes/1410/4 "2017-08-17T16:12:08Z")

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![IMG_0049](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/5/54309b2f92855f4e6372beb07decb51ffdf98268.jpg)

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**Author:** ![DanielR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/danielr/32/582_2.png) [@DanielR](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/DanielR)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 8:07am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/creating-a-spine-in-2-planes/1410/5 "2017-08-18T08:07:31Z")

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Hi,

Here is a version of how you can do this. Hope this does the job for you.