# Making regular polygons

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/making-regular-polygons/1869>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [December 18, 2017, 3:46pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/making-regular-polygons/1869 "2017-12-18T15:46:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![MKMTools](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@MKMTools](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/MKMTools)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 3:46pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/making-regular-polygons/1869/1 "2017-12-18T15:46:40Z")

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Perhaps I am missing something. It has been difficult for me to figure out how to do some simple things in Shapr3d, such as making a regular polygon (hexagon, pentagon, etc), or making a simple oval, with a particular. And drawing a simple organic shape such as a flower petal or a tree leaf is also tough. Any suggestions or recommended tutorials would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Rick

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**Author:** ![Gabor\_Shapr3D](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/gabor_shapr3d/32/235_2.png) [@Gabor\_Shapr3D](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Gabor_Shapr3D)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 4:02pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/making-regular-polygons/1869/2 "2017-12-18T16:02:08Z")

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We have a tutorial on creating a “hexagon”:

**Hexagon**

- Learn how to create a hexagon in Shapr3D using sketching constraints.

[https://shapr3d.com/design-school/](https://shapr3d.com/design-school/)

It’s tt the bottom of the page or you can use the filters to locate it.

In the future, we will have a tool to quickly add primitives like these. But right now, you have do them manually.

**Oval**

Currently there’s one way to draw an oval:

- draw a closed spline with 4 control points (1 starting point, 3 clicks with the pencil, connect the end of the last line with the starting point)
- adjust the control points to get an ellipse / oval