# Make pipes fit into another pipe?

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/make-pipes-fit-into-another-pipe/4079>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [February 17, 2019, 2:29pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/make-pipes-fit-into-another-pipe/4079 "2019-02-17T14:29:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 17, 2019, 2:29pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/make-pipes-fit-into-another-pipe/4079/1 "2019-02-17T14:29:42Z")

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Hi, i found out how to sweep and make pipes, inner radius is 3mm, how can i make these two pipes fit into eachother? i want a 3mm overlapping  
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I would love to see a video in how to do this 🙂  
I am trying to make a new drain pipe to my caravan that has to be custom made 😉

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**Author:** ![tommyn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/tommyn/32/1714_2.png) [@tommyn](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/tommyn)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/make-pipes-fit-into-another-pipe/4079/2 "2019-02-17T15:22:42Z")

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Hi Freddy,

If you have sized the ID and OD of the two pipes correctly, including tolerance, it is a simple matter of moving one into the other with the Transform - Move/Rotate/Scale or Translate tool. There are lots of examples in the Tutorial videos on this…

Best,

Tommy