# Newbie - How would I go about creating

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**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [August 30, 2025, 12:14pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/newbie-how-would-i-go-about-creating/39292 "2025-08-30T12:14:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![LadyAH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9bcb4/32.png) [@LadyAH](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/LadyAH)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2025, 12:14pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/newbie-how-would-i-go-about-creating/39292/1 "2025-08-30T12:14:04Z")

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Hi guys, how would I go about creating this? My lovely hubby has asked if this is possible to 3d print, I am a real newbie on all of this as you can tell and I am struggling to know which programme is best to create something like this that I can turn into a curved latch I guess you would call it!

So im guessing I need to create a rectangle but then curve it and thats where I am stuck as no idea where to start - are there any basic tutorials I could follow to show me how to do this please?

Thank you!

 ![Curved latch photo v1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/3/b/3b53aba152733597df3083b1b074cd3c60a5ff2a.jpeg)

[https://support.shapr3d.com/hc/en-us/requests/new](https://support.shapr3d.com/hc/en-us/requests/new)

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**Author:** ![Oregonerd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/oregonerd/32/8012_2.png) [@Oregonerd](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Oregonerd)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2025, 2:18pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/newbie-how-would-i-go-about-creating/39292/2 "2025-08-30T14:18:20Z")

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Offset line.

 ![Latch](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/d/2/d2b064daac476b715fc2d78bfa8343852f51754b.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Oregonerd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/oregonerd/32/8012_2.png) [@Oregonerd](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Oregonerd)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2025, 2:24pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/newbie-how-would-i-go-about-creating/39292/3 "2025-08-30T14:24:37Z")

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I created a rectangle.

Added the circle.

Trimmed the lines I did not need.

I offset my remaining line.

Drew lines to close the right end of the two resulting lines.

Extruded.

Now I need coffee…. so much work so early and no coffee. ☕

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**Author:** ![Oregonerd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/oregonerd/32/8012_2.png) [@Oregonerd](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Oregonerd)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/newbie-how-would-i-go-about-creating/39292/4 "2025-08-30T14:28:36Z")

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From there you can sketch on the sides of the body’s surface the cutouts you need for holes and notches.