# Creating an Elbow

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/creating-an-elbow/27593>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [August 29, 2023, 6:18am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/creating-an-elbow/27593 "2023-08-29T06:18:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![gstanden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/87869e/32.png) [@gstanden](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/gstanden)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 6:18am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/creating-an-elbow/27593/1 "2023-08-29T06:18:24Z")

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I have a nozzle for an air flow and I need to create a 90 degree “elbow” for it to redirect the airflow 90 degrees. How do I do that? Thanks!

[https://support.shapr3d.com/hc/en-us/requests/new](https://support.shapr3d.com/hc/en-us/requests/new)

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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:** [August 30, 2023, 1:44am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/creating-an-elbow/27593/2 "2023-08-30T01:44:04Z")

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You can sketch a circle and a line outside the circle and then revolve the circle 90 degrees around that line.

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Gy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/peter_gy/32/9251_2.png) [@Peter\_Gy](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Peter_Gy)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2023, 9:20am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/creating-an-elbow/27593/3 "2023-08-30T09:20:14Z")

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Did you check out the [Sweep tool](https://support.shapr3d.com/hc/en-us/articles/7874456833948-Sweep)? The example video in the manual behind the link in fact shows a 90 degree elbow for piping 🙂

If that’s different from your use case, a quick hand-drawn sketch would help a lot.

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**Author:** ![Stephen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/stephen/32/16350_2.png) [@Stephen](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Stephen)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2023, 6:55pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/creating-an-elbow/27593/4 "2023-08-30T18:55:17Z")

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Sweep would be my choice for a simple elbow.

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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:** [August 31, 2023, 7:55am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/creating-an-elbow/27593/5 "2023-08-31T07:55:19Z")

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As you can see, there’s more than one way to skin a cat…er, create an elbow. Sweeps are necessary when the path is not circular.