# No "Done" button using Boolean Subtract

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/no-done-button-using-boolean-subtract/11029>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [January 24, 2021, 9:42pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/no-done-button-using-boolean-subtract/11029 "2021-01-24T21:42:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![jhogue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecd19e/32.png) [@jhogue](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/jhogue)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 9:42pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/no-done-button-using-boolean-subtract/11029/1 "2021-01-24T21:42:55Z")

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When I try doing a boolean Subtract, I do not get a “Done” button.  
I do get a “Done” button with Intersect and Union.

J

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**Author:** ![DanielR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/danielr/32/582_2.png) [@DanielR](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/DanielR)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/no-done-button-using-boolean-subtract/11029/2 "2021-01-24T21:55:06Z")

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Hello - please check if you haven’t already subtracted the part before (move it away and back). If that is the case, Done button is not shown as there is no common part of the bodies.

It might be the case that you have kept the Removed Bodies (default setting at the moment). You don’t see the subtracted result because it is covered by the kept Removed Bodies

**Before Subtract**

 ![Screenshot 2021-01-24 at 22.47.21](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/1/18f9ee83c7af90bd7156e33a3101b8928bcc39e4.jpeg)

**During Subtract** (Note the Keep Originals option set to Removed Bodies)

 ![Screenshot 2021-01-24 at 22.46.59](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/a/ad5d1d995ff5dbbd5a1ddf6df303bb6ad72bde48.jpeg)

**After Subtract** (Note the kept Removed body and the created edges compared to the original state)

 ![Screenshot 2021-01-24 at 22.47.13](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/2/24c8d6d0c8bf36be5d09df093be629fb5852c5fd.jpeg)

**After moved**

 ![Screenshot 2021-01-24 at 22.47.30](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/e/e7eb085bc15072fedd1815594c7583b8907d6d3a.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![jhogue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecd19e/32.png) [@jhogue](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/jhogue)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 10:16pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/no-done-button-using-boolean-subtract/11029/3 "2021-01-24T22:16:59Z")

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No that’s not the case.  
The “Done” button is never displayed for Subtraction.  
It is displayed for Union and Intersect.

The “subtraction” does not get a chance to be completed regardless of what mode I set the Subtract to or which objects are selected or how they are selected.

 ![No_Done_btn](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/8/8cc25003c0f8ccf08cb5e142671010f80f981441.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![DanielR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/danielr/32/582_2.png) [@DanielR](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/DanielR)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 10:19pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/no-done-button-using-boolean-subtract/11029/4 "2021-01-24T22:19:06Z")

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Can you please upload the workspace (in .shapr format) or send it to [daniel@shapr3d.com](mailto:daniel@shapr3d.com) and I’ll take a look. From the picture it seems like there is nothing to subtract (so no Done button), as there is no common part.

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**Author:** ![jhogue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecd19e/32.png) [@jhogue](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/jhogue)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 10:22pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/no-done-button-using-boolean-subtract/11029/5 "2021-01-24T22:22:00Z")

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email sent

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**Author:** ![DanielR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/danielr/32/582_2.png) [@DanielR](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/DanielR)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 10:31pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/no-done-button-using-boolean-subtract/11029/6 "2021-01-24T22:31:55Z")

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Got it - checked. The problem is that there is no common part of these bodies.

Moved them away - they perfectly fit around the pipe, no common part  
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 ![Screenshot 2021-01-24 at 23.28.23](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/a/a32b865b4afa0142235b53da5afbf77b8b26f233.jpeg) \*\*

As soon as they have a common part (moved the surrounding body into the pipe), Done button is shown.

 ![Screenshot 2021-01-24 at 23.28.43](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/1/1b0c19c60414d4e2e2fe6f6a0c2fcb165e57b52f.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![jhogue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecd19e/32.png) [@jhogue](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/jhogue)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 10:50pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/no-done-button-using-boolean-subtract/11029/7 "2021-01-24T22:50:13Z")

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Fantastic!  
I did my extrude wrong when making those two objects.  
Thank you!

Jason