# How to create a nice curved surface?

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**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [September 25, 2023, 5:17am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-create-a-nice-curved-surface/28102 "2023-09-25T05:17:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![djtazzmtl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@djtazzmtl](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/djtazzmtl)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 5:17am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-create-a-nice-curved-surface/28102/1 "2023-09-25T05:17:28Z")

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Hi pretty new, but i know just enough to hang myself with loool. So I managed to extrude and intersect 2 bodies to make the basic body of the Volkswagen Van, but I’m having troubles trying to get the nice rounded corners of the front and back of the Van.

Even when I tried to extrude and intersect from the top it wasn’t correct.

Here is what I managed so far:

 ![Screenshot 2023-09-24 204638](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/4/d/4de2d7a13c7ed265a87937a72196c499018e0f9a.png)

How would we get that nice round curve of the fron’t and the nice curved back?

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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:** [September 25, 2023, 5:38pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-create-a-nice-curved-surface/28102/2 "2023-09-25T17:38:49Z")

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One method is to make the corner shape separately and subtract from the main body.  
There is a good Shapr video on YouTube showing how to make a toaster, which uses similar methods to what you will need for your project.

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**Author:** ![djtazzmtl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@djtazzmtl](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/djtazzmtl)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 5:32am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-create-a-nice-curved-surface/28102/3 "2023-09-26T05:32:31Z")

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Hi thanks. I used the sweep technique from that video, but what is throwing me off is the front curve angle is way different. So no matter how I tried even if I tried to make the body vs the front, the cutting mold didn’t match the sides so i cam up with this so far…

 ![Screenshot 2023-09-26 005445](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/e/3/e3df1e7cd79f209324e8c678ae858cc373cbc73f.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![djtazzmtl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@djtazzmtl](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/djtazzmtl)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 7:17pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-create-a-nice-curved-surface/28102/4 "2023-09-26T19:17:12Z")

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I played around a bit more and got close enough I think lol

 ![Screenshot 2023-09-26 105058](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/7/8/789e961bbd1461acee526c01b3717b1a5ad9c15e.jpeg)

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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:** [September 26, 2023, 9:04pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-create-a-nice-curved-surface/28102/5 "2023-09-26T21:04:13Z")

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That’s looking very good.

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**Author:** ![djtazzmtl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@djtazzmtl](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/djtazzmtl)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 5:34am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-create-a-nice-curved-surface/28102/6 "2023-09-28T05:34:45Z")

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Thanks.

 ![Screenshot 2023-09-27 223613](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/7/6/76dd5555d49b4f95a180775ac5639ad3c6d41cf6.jpeg)

Is there any tool or tutorial on how to get out of this predicament lol?

The roof is separate from the vehicle body…