# Petals on a curved surface of gada

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**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [March 29, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/petals-on-a-curved-surface-of-gada/18410 "2022-03-29T14:40:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rohan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/rohan/32/15410_2.png) [@Rohan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Rohan)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/petals-on-a-curved-surface-of-gada/18410/1 "2022-03-29T14:40:47Z")

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How do I make the petals on the curved surface of a gada? I have attached images for reference.

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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:** [March 29, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/petals-on-a-curved-surface-of-gada/18410/2 "2022-03-29T16:45:45Z")

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Start petal with a hollow sphere the desired approximate petal thickness. Then extrude/cut/new body of the petal shape from the hollow sphere?  
Add details to the basic petal shape and then copy/rotate around the orb/sphere.

The other way I would try is the guided loft.

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**Author:** ![Cleeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e495f1/32.png) [@Cleeder](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Cleeder)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/petals-on-a-curved-surface-of-gada/18410/3 "2022-03-29T19:04:46Z")

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You probably want to project the petal shape on to the sphere and then extrude it. Then refine any edges or angles on the extruded object.

See [this video](https://youtu.be/Q4uON8aAyaE) for an example. Just over 2 min in it shows a similar example with a lightbulb (cutting instead of extruding, but same process).

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**Author:** ![Rohan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/rohan/32/15410_2.png) [@Rohan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Rohan)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2022, 2:38am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/petals-on-a-curved-surface-of-gada/18410/4 "2022-03-30T02:38:02Z")

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Thank you all for your reply. I will try it out !

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**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 30, 2022, 5:37am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/petals-on-a-curved-surface-of-gada/18410/5 "2022-03-30T05:37:28Z")

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Here’s a start using Project on the Sphere. The sizes and shapes are not to scale but merely show technique. I projected and extruded a petal as @Cleeder suggested. Copy-Rotated the petals and subtracted them from the sphere. I copy-rotated the set of petals on the opposite side and used Scale to enlarge one set of petals so they extend beyond the surface of the sphere.

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**Author:** ![Rohan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/rohan/32/15410_2.png) [@Rohan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Rohan)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2022, 7:31am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/petals-on-a-curved-surface-of-gada/18410/6 "2022-03-30T07:31:47Z")

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Thank you sir

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**Author:** ![KPeter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/kpeter/32/7644_2.png) [@KPeter](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/KPeter)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2022, 8:42am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/petals-on-a-curved-surface-of-gada/18410/7 "2022-03-30T08:42:57Z")

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Booleans are left out of the party

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**Author:** ![Einar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@Einar](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Einar)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2022, 11:19pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/petals-on-a-curved-surface-of-gada/18410/8 "2022-03-30T23:19:45Z")

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That’s quite cool!

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**Author:** ![Rohan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/rohan/32/15410_2.png) [@Rohan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Rohan)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 11:16am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/petals-on-a-curved-surface-of-gada/18410/9 "2022-03-31T11:16:37Z")

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Thank you Sir.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/f/f444725d5ee26202f37c625f61983d4107120c87.jpeg)  
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Here are the final results!