# Having trouble with Loft tool

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/having-trouble-with-loft-tool/28445>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [October 17, 2023, 12:45am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/having-trouble-with-loft-tool/28445 "2023-10-17T00:45:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shannon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@Shannon](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Shannon)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 12:45am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/having-trouble-with-loft-tool/28445/1 "2023-10-17T00:45:17Z")

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I am using Shapr3D on Windows and am on the latest version. I’m trying to create a fairly simple shape that involves lofting two circles of different size.

You can see in the screenshot that I attached, I have selected the two faces and the loft was created, but when I try to adjust the control points, it just adjusts how much the loft curves inwards between the circles. The thing is, I want it to curve outwards for my model but I can’t seem to get it to do that with the control points.

Creating a guide curve between the two circles and lofting that gives me an error saying the model was not possible or something. I would appreciate any and all help with this. Please forgive me if this is an easy problem, I have only been using this for two days.

 ![shaprloft](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/f/b/fb58196a641ef23d913f193c8f11b042f075fe41.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Istvan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/istvan/32/23668_2.png) [@Istvan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Istvan)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 12:46am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/having-trouble-with-loft-tool/28445/2 "2023-10-17T00:46:19Z")

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> [@Shannon](#):
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> Creating a guide curve between the two circles and lofting that gives me an error saying the model was not possible or something. I would appreciate any and all help with this. Please forgive me if this is an easy problem, I have only been using this for two days.

Using a guide curve would be the right way of doing this. What is the exact error message? Can you share a screenshot of the guide curev?

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**Author:** ![Shannon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@Shannon](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Shannon)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 2:26am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/having-trouble-with-loft-tool/28445/3 "2023-10-17T02:26:14Z")

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I apologize, but it turns out I was using the guide curve wrong. My guide curve did not connect the two bodies properly and I could not tell that from the perspective I was viewing the model from. I fixed the guide curve and the loft is perfect now.