# Help bending my piece

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-bending-my-piece/12966>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [May 23, 2021, 9:20am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-bending-my-piece/12966 "2021-05-23T09:20:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 12\
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**Author:** ![MySucio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@MySucio](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/MySucio)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2021, 9:20am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-bending-my-piece/12966/1 "2021-05-23T09:20:02Z")

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I need help creating a partial arch on a small part

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/0/0248d8abdc977ee3da5490824b6fd6e299071854.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Oregonerd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/oregonerd/32/8012_2.png) [@Oregonerd](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Oregonerd)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2021, 3:27pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-bending-my-piece/12966/2 "2021-05-23T15:27:11Z")

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**Author:** ![Oregonerd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/oregonerd/32/8012_2.png) [@Oregonerd](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Oregonerd)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2021, 3:29pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-bending-my-piece/12966/3 "2021-05-23T15:29:52Z")

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Only on my second sip of coffee, so I’m still a bit goofy. Sketch planes are you friend.

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**Author:** ![MySucio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@MySucio](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/MySucio)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2021, 8:33pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-bending-my-piece/12966/4 "2021-05-23T20:33:27Z")

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The part is so simple test so difficult to achieve. Thanks for the help.

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**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/enginerd/32/10442_2.png) [@Enginerd](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Enginerd)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2021, 9:13pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-bending-my-piece/12966/5 "2021-05-23T21:13:02Z")

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Yea def use construction planes. You can copy and drag them pretty easy.

Not your shape but how loft and planes are OP.

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/7/74f4690e9bee1bfc1cf211d4a752029ad2fb5309.jpeg "May 23, 2021") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iek6s3cf3Xo)

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**Author:** ![TigerMike](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/tigermike/32/32650_2.png) [@TigerMike](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TigerMike)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2021, 9:21pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-bending-my-piece/12966/6 "2021-05-23T21:21:40Z")

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Here’s another way to create a body with a bend. Note that the holes and front and rear sides are still vertical after I made the cut. In part 2 I’ll show you how to make the holes normal to the curve.  
-Mike

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**Author:** ![TigerMike](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/tigermike/32/32650_2.png) [@TigerMike](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TigerMike)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2021, 9:22pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-bending-my-piece/12966/7 "2021-05-23T21:22:34Z")

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Here in part 2 is how I made the holes normal to the curved surface. The same technique can be used to make the front and rear surfaces normal to the arc. Note that this is a close approximation. The true angle is a little more than the 8.236° as the actual hole is lower than the sketch therefore a little further down the arc.  
-Mike

[https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/a/a7e9a0dca0693c652105396bf8431d0b39fd4b15.MOV](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/a/a7e9a0dca0693c652105396bf8431d0b39fd4b15.MOV)

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**Author:** ![MySucio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@MySucio](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/MySucio)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 9:36am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-bending-my-piece/12966/8 "2021-05-24T09:36:43Z")

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Thanks everyone

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**Author:** ![MySucio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@MySucio](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/MySucio)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 9:38am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-bending-my-piece/12966/9 "2021-05-24T09:38:09Z")

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Once a part is bent can I add to a plane ?

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**Author:** ![MySucio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@MySucio](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/MySucio)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 9:46am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-bending-my-piece/12966/10 "2021-05-24T09:46:00Z")

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Or can I cut ? Sorry if I’m not making sense

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/2/2f2d6acc2d49ae3d2d741aaf7ac6cbbdc4dc0a5c.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Oregonerd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/oregonerd/32/8012_2.png) [@Oregonerd](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Oregonerd)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 2:10pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-bending-my-piece/12966/11 "2021-05-24T14:10:12Z")

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You cannot add a plane to a bent face. However you can add one perpendicular to an edge. Once you have a plane it can be moved and rotated where you need it to draw a sketch on. All you really need to do is move your original sketch or body where you need it.

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**Author:** ![TigerMike](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/tigermike/32/32650_2.png) [@TigerMike](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TigerMike)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-bending-my-piece/12966/12 "2021-05-24T16:14:13Z")

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You cannot add a plane to a curved body as @Oregonerd has stated however you can add one indirectly. Here are two examples. The first is a plane perpendicular to a curve at a point on one of the holes, then made parallel by rotating 90°. The second example is by selecting 3 points.  
-Mike