# Need help with filling a shape

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/need-help-with-filling-a-shape/1773>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [December 4, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/need-help-with-filling-a-shape/1773 "2017-12-04T20:44:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![Dpedersen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@Dpedersen](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Dpedersen)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/need-help-with-filling-a-shape/1773/1 "2017-12-04T20:44:25Z")

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I’m a new user and I like this tool a lot but I’m having trouble creating a drawing. I want to fill the attached sketch. I tried to fill/extrude it using the loft tool. When I use this tool the screen displays that it is calculating but it does not complete and my iPad usually reboots.

Is there a better tool or method to draw and fill this shape?

![Image-1](https://cdck-file-uploads-us1.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/c/ca451ad36dcfaf9928c61a40e4c5c04e0edc891e.jpg)

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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:** [December 4, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/need-help-with-filling-a-shape/1773/2 "2017-12-04T20:45:49Z")

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Just wait a day until the next release, and it will work like a charm 🙂

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**Author:** ![Dpedersen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@Dpedersen](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Dpedersen)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2017, 8:46pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/need-help-with-filling-a-shape/1773/3 "2017-12-04T20:46:52Z")

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Fantastic, thanks… 🙂

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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 6, 2017, 1:53pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/need-help-with-filling-a-shape/1773/4 "2017-12-06T13:53:03Z")

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If you update the app to Shapr3D 3.0 (available in the App Store), this should work properly now.

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**Author:** ![Dpedersen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@Dpedersen](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Dpedersen)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 1:22am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/need-help-with-filling-a-shape/1773/5 "2017-12-13T01:22:49Z")

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I downloaded the new version (3.0), the new features are great! I can successfully fill two sides of my drawing but, when I click the third side, I get an error. I tried it using two different loft sequences (sequence of selecting sides) and neither worked. I have attached screen shots of each of my attempts.

I appreciate your help.

![IMG_0173](https://cdck-file-uploads-us1.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/9/9687a6f6c7b7cde9bb8abe44a1117355136b1228.jpg) ![IMG_0174](https://cdck-file-uploads-us1.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/5/52705bcbaaa68d03fc301bce10a70f2150d666b3.jpg)

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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 13, 2017, 9:42am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/need-help-with-filling-a-shape/1773/6 "2017-12-13T09:42:28Z")

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You can’t do that, because that’s not how loft works (in Shapr3D).

You can’t select the bottom, front and side (3 perpendicular faces) to create a loft, because if would result in a self intersection (in other 3D modelers too).

What you probably want to do in the above case is called “Loft Along a Path”. When you have two faces and a “path” that you want to loft along. Now, that’s not something we support at the moment, but we might in the future.

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**Author:** ![Dpedersen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@Dpedersen](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Dpedersen)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 1:41pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/need-help-with-filling-a-shape/1773/7 "2017-12-13T13:41:22Z")

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Hi,

Thanks for this quick response. Even though this is not currently supported, I have figured out a way to get around this limitation. This is a fantastic tool!

David Pedersen  
Senior Architect  
[david.pedersen@sbcglobal.net](mailto:david.pedersen@sbcglobal.net)  
440.463.9457  
[http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidapedersen](http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidapedersen) [http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidapedersen](http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidapedersen)

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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 13, 2017, 2:06pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/need-help-with-filling-a-shape/1773/8 "2017-12-13T14:06:49Z")

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Great. How did you solve it? Did you create multiple cross sections or used some other trick?

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**Author:** ![Dpedersen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@Dpedersen](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Dpedersen)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 4:25pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/need-help-with-filling-a-shape/1773/9 "2017-12-13T16:25:08Z")

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Currently my drawings are for the purpose of rapid prototyping so the shape rounding details are not important. For a final drawing, I will solve it by creating a mold rounding shape that I will rotate and use to subtract it from the part.

David Pedersen  
Senior Architect  
[david.pedersen@sbcglobal.net](mailto:david.pedersen@sbcglobal.net)  
440.463.9457  
[http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidapedersen](http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidapedersen) [http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidapedersen](http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidapedersen)

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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 14, 2017, 9:34am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/need-help-with-filling-a-shape/1773/10 "2017-12-14T09:34:46Z")

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Ok, got it.

If you have further questions, just let us know. Happy to help.