# Is a Continuous Groove/Slot on 3 Faces Possible?

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**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [December 7, 2017, 9:26pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/is-a-continuous-groove-slot-on-3-faces-possible/1796 "2017-12-07T21:26:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![GeraldVowles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/57b2e6/32.png) [@GeraldVowles](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/GeraldVowles)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 9:26pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/is-a-continuous-groove-slot-on-3-faces-possible/1796/1 "2017-12-07T21:26:53Z")

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Hi,  
Is it possible to make a continuous groove/slot covering three faces of a cylinder like the example? The painted on green line shows roughly where it would go with the dashed line representing the hidden face. ![image](https://cdck-file-uploads-us1.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/6/64fdfa6f5226c55f9456ef9454fc781f2d21d7b8.jpg)

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**Author:** ![GeraldVowles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/57b2e6/32.png) [@GeraldVowles](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/GeraldVowles)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2018, 8:38pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/is-a-continuous-groove-slot-on-3-faces-possible/1796/2 "2018-05-29T20:38:36Z")

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Any thoughts on if this is possible yet? I can’t get my head around how the ‘round bottomed’ groove would be able to follow the filleted edges in a continuous manner that returns to the start point. Then again my skills are still very limited with no 3D background.

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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:** [May 29, 2018, 9:02pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/is-a-continuous-groove-slot-on-3-faces-possible/1796/3 "2018-05-29T21:02:30Z")

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You can sweep using the edges of the cylindrical face, and cut out the swept body.