# How to draw a 3d metallic wire
**URL:** https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-draw-a-3d-metallic-wire/32209
**Category:** Modeling Questions
**Created:** [May 29, 2024, 5:12pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-draw-a-3d-metallic-wire/32209 "2024-05-29T17:12:36Z")
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### Author:  [@Liuska](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Liuska)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2024, 5:12pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-draw-a-3d-metallic-wire/32209/1 "2024-05-29T17:12:37Z")
Hello everyone, I am new to this forum and to shapr3d. I apologise if my question will be a bit silly, but I have only been using this software for a very short time. Thank you for your understanding.
I need to model an object made of wire, similar to an office clip. Imagine an office clip that is a bit open and stretched so that the wire occupies space in three dimensions, and is not ‘flat’ like a clip.
I made the drawing in Illustrator, saved it as a dwg and imported it into shapr3d, and watching tutorials I ‘laid’ a 1 mm diameter circle on one end of my wire and then used the sweep tool. i get a 1 mm diameter ‘tube’ but only for a small part of my drawing imported from illustrator. Also, the path is on a plane (like the office clip) but I need to take one end of it and pull it upwards.
Let’s say the result I want is something like the one in the picture.
How can I do this?
Thank you very much for your help.
Luca
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### Author:  [@Hell3d](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Hell3d)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2024, 7:03pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-draw-a-3d-metallic-wire/32209/2 "2024-05-29T19:03:52Z")
https://www.youtube.com/embed/SLRqEwlyDvQ?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=UULF-SE730GNLt6vwMgj_OG6nQ