# Non uniform radius **URL:** \ **Category:** Modeling Questions\ **Created:** [March 5, 2020, 9:15pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/non-uniform-radius/6799 "2020-03-05T21:15:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1

**Author:** ![m1a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aca169/32.png) [@m1a](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/m1a)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 9:15pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/non-uniform-radius/6799/1 "2020-03-05T21:15:24Z")

I would like to radius an edge that starts with a radius on one end, but ends with a different radius or a no radius as all. How do I do that? ---

**Author:** ![Victor\_Shapr3D](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/victor_shapr3d/32/3502_2.png) [@Victor\_Shapr3D](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Victor_Shapr3D)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 8:44am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/non-uniform-radius/6799/2 "2020-03-06T08:44:48Z")

Hi, a workaround can be to create two bodies with different radiuses for the edges. Afterward put the bodies together and with the Union tool make them a single body. I hope this helps 🙂 ---

**Author:** ![m1a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aca169/32.png) [@m1a](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/m1a)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 1:05pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/non-uniform-radius/6799/3 "2020-03-06T13:05:50Z")

Thanks, but I can’t make a video of something I don’t know how to make. I’m trying to create a variable radius fillet. Is there this function in Shapr3D, or a way to do this besides lofting? Typically, in other applications, it would simply be entering a starting radius and an ending radius while using a radius or a fillet tool. Thanks. ---

**Author:** ![Victor\_Shapr3D](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/victor_shapr3d/32/3502_2.png) [@Victor\_Shapr3D](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Victor_Shapr3D)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 2:15pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/non-uniform-radius/6799/4 "2020-03-06T14:15:39Z")

The app currently deos not have this feature. I was trying to proffer a workaround based on how I understood your question above in this thread. ---

**Author:** ![m1a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aca169/32.png) [@m1a](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/m1a)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/non-uniform-radius/6799/5 "2020-03-06T15:40:04Z")

Understood. Thank you Victor. ---

**Author:** ![TigerMike](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/tigermike/32/32650_2.png) [@TigerMike](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TigerMike)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/non-uniform-radius/6799/6 "2020-03-06T15:56:42Z")

Greetings, Is this what you have in mind? If so, I used a larger radius at one end of the rectangle body and a smaller radius at the other end. I hid the body and used the LOFT tool to create the ‘negative’ space of the radius (the outer triangle so to speak). I then subtracted that variable radius’d triangular body from the rectangle body. Let me know if you need further explanation. -Mike [https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/2/27c908761c21f3a71190b1dabb42d368bf9fc388.MOV](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/2/27c908761c21f3a71190b1dabb42d368bf9fc388.MOV) ---

**Author:** ![m1a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aca169/32.png) [@m1a](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/m1a)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/non-uniform-radius/6799/7 "2020-03-06T16:34:01Z")

Thank you Mike. Appreciated! ---

**Author:** ![Dio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecd19e/32.png) [@Dio](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Dio)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 8:43am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/non-uniform-radius/6799/8 "2023-10-10T08:43:17Z")

Hi @TigerMike , Any ideas on how to create this non uniform radius following the curve? Thanks in advance. I get an error message when I try the loft tool. ![Screenshot 2023-10-10 at 08.52.34](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/5/6/56e6c1937f73d2d6d4d3cb20e9f9c26c96b5482d.jpeg) ---

**Author:** ![TigerMike](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/tigermike/32/32650_2.png) [@TigerMike](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TigerMike)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 4:50pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/non-uniform-radius/6799/9 "2023-10-10T16:50:31Z")

I tried Loft and also got an error message. The only way I could make something work is to use Sweep and scaling down one end followed by a subtract. ---

**Author:** ![Bob3DPO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7993a0/32.png) [@Bob3DPO](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Bob3DPO)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 5:41pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/non-uniform-radius/6799/10 "2023-10-10T17:41:56Z")

_ **Grrreat** _ solution, @TigerMike ! ---

**Author:** ![Dio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecd19e/32.png) [@Dio](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Dio)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 9:13pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/non-uniform-radius/6799/11 "2023-10-12T21:13:36Z")

For some reason, when I try to scale down the end, I get the message “Edge transform failed.” @TigerMike ---

Interesting. I’ll give it a try. Thanks so much @TigerMike ---

**Author:** ![Dio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecd19e/32.png) [@Dio](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Dio)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 7:06pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/non-uniform-radius/6799/13 "2023-10-23T19:06:24Z")

Although I tested the suggestions and it works quite well, it’s not what I after I’m afraid. The reason is that the shapes of the arcs are different from each other. ---

**Author:** ![Dio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecd19e/32.png) [@Dio](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Dio)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 1:31pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/non-uniform-radius/6799/14 "2023-10-24T13:31:06Z")

Hello, Any ideas on how to loft this? What am I missing? ![Screenshot 2023-10-24 at 15.30.08](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/6/a/6afaf182888792b742f6e7ce8715a4f6fa00fbcc.jpeg) ---

**Author:** ![TigerMike](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/tigermike/32/32650_2.png) [@TigerMike](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TigerMike)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 8:48pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/non-uniform-radius/6799/15 "2023-10-24T20:48:56Z")

For starters, your guide lines NEED to intersect with the upper and lower sketches at the appropriate corners. If there is any chance of making it work, the circled upper right corner needs the guide line attached to the lower sketch where circled. Also that rear middle guide line serves no purpose. ![complexLoft](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/c/9/c9f3a5b09330fd3503cd3cba6727c563c52ae04e.jpeg) ---

**Author:** ![TigerMike](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/tigermike/32/32650_2.png) [@TigerMike](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TigerMike)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 9:19pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/non-uniform-radius/6799/16 "2023-10-24T21:19:29Z")

If you can’t get it made via the Loft, then I suggest just create the geometry mechanically by extrusion, sweep, scale, subtract and non-uniform scale. ---

**Author:** ![Dio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecd19e/32.png) [@Dio](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Dio)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 12:42pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/non-uniform-radius/6799/17 "2023-10-30T12:42:31Z")

Thank you for the suggestion @TigerMike Here is another example of what I’m trying to achieve: ![Screenshot 2023-10-30 at 13.40.47](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/c/5/c5588a8f8f15699e5f92636e6fd274aa79a98f3d.jpeg) [Non uniform radius.shapr](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/uploads/short-url/1UxRcobYNgbnvCkqUipHVsKCeoW.shapr) (11.3 KB) ---

**Author:** ![Dio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecd19e/32.png) [@Dio](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Dio)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 1:00pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/non-uniform-radius/6799/18 "2023-11-01T13:00:18Z")

Here is what I’m after. What you see in the picture is made by a friend in Top Solid. I’d love to find a way to do it in Shapr3D. ![Screenshot 2023-11-01 at 12.52.57](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/9/9/994485aab72ae3c41b5bb832458015071e64df77.jpeg)