# Help with some shapes and with a basic reservoir
**URL:** https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-with-some-shapes-and-with-a-basic-reservoir/25603
**Category:** Modeling Questions
**Created:** [May 2, 2023, 8:16am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-with-some-shapes-and-with-a-basic-reservoir/25603 "2023-05-02T08:16:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@dmf92](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/dmf92)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2023, 8:16am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-with-some-shapes-and-with-a-basic-reservoir/25603/1 "2023-05-02T08:16:40Z")
Hi everyone,
Would anyone be willing to help me out with a few II think, relatively) simple designs? I’m new to CAD and have been learning fast thanks to Shapr3D but I don’t think I can learn this on the timescales I’m working on. ([I have a live Kickstarter](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gardenstack/garden-stack-vertical-farming-from-home)).
I want to offer custom platform shapes, so instead of just round, the option to have a square platform, or a flower/ petal-shaped one (the petals shouldn’t be too deep so as to not lose growing space).
I also want to show the pro base water reservoir and have a clear sense of how it should be. Let me know if you think you could help me out!
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2023, 3:59pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-with-some-shapes-and-with-a-basic-reservoir/25603/2 "2023-05-02T15:59:46Z")
I’ll try help if I can. PM me and let me know what you are looking to make.
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### Author:  [@Oregonerd](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Oregonerd)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-with-some-shapes-and-with-a-basic-reservoir/25603/3 "2023-05-02T16:04:01Z")
Sure you can learn it. This only took 5 minutes (only 1 cup of coffee is my excuse).
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-with-some-shapes-and-with-a-basic-reservoir/25603/4 "2023-05-02T16:08:33Z")
That’s nicely done. Are you sure you really need help?
If so, send some reference images and any relevant info such as measurements and I’ll get started.
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### Author:  [@dmf92](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/dmf92)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2023, 8:18pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-with-some-shapes-and-with-a-basic-reservoir/25603/6 "2023-05-02T20:18:50Z")
Thank you, I appreciate the encouragement. I’m sure I could learn. It’s more that I fear I won’t find the peace and tranquility needed to dedicate the necessary time to it between running around and doing a bunch of different things now that the project is live.
For some reason it didn’t occur to me prior to launching that a big advantage of in-house additive manufacturing would be the ability to offer many options for customization.
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2023, 9:03pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-with-some-shapes-and-with-a-basic-reservoir/25603/7 "2023-05-02T21:03:33Z")
It’s late here now so I’ll have a go at that tomorrow after work.
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### Author:  [@dmf92](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/dmf92)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2023, 12:13pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-with-some-shapes-and-with-a-basic-reservoir/25603/8 "2023-05-03T12:13:00Z")
and just for general context: as soon as I went live, I was contacted by East Asian manufacturers to produce this offshore. I think we might have overdone it with offshoring in general, and I really think this is the kind of product that should be produced in-house. I’ve managed to reliably print the central tubes to be water-proof, can connect o-rings to make the whole structure water-proof (although I’d rather figure out how to directly print an o-ring on with a flex material), and have identified a micro-porous filament working excellently for the intended purpose.