# Polygon with a hole in it

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/polygon-with-a-hole-in-it/23575>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [January 13, 2023, 2:43pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/polygon-with-a-hole-in-it/23575 "2023-01-13T14:43:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Moneyshirt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Moneyshirt](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Moneyshirt)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 2:43pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/polygon-with-a-hole-in-it/23575/1 "2023-01-13T14:43:47Z")

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I have drawn a polygon. I want this polygon to have a hole in it. It’s not a body so I can’t just extrude it. I just want to delete a selected section of the center of the polygon like I would do in any image manipulation software. What is the name and location of this command.

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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:** [January 13, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/polygon-with-a-hole-in-it/23575/2 "2023-01-13T14:44:39Z")

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Please attach a screenshot.

Also, note that Shapr3D is not an image manipulation software, thus it works very differently.

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**Author:** ![Moneyshirt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Moneyshirt](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Moneyshirt)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/polygon-with-a-hole-in-it/23575/3 "2023-01-13T15:25:29Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/8/9/89bf36a3256f46e6ef8c37137fa93e3d54e2e84b.jpeg)  
I want to delete the red circled areas. When I try to, the hole remains filled in. If I select the polygon hole and simply try to delete it

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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:** [January 13, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/polygon-with-a-hole-in-it/23575/4 "2023-01-13T15:25:58Z")

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You can’t remove the filling. Why do you want to do that?

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**Author:** ![Moneyshirt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Moneyshirt](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Moneyshirt)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/polygon-with-a-hole-in-it/23575/5 "2023-01-13T15:50:24Z")

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I think I have figured out that I do not need to do what I am attempting to do. I am new to CAD. Thanks for your help.

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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:** [January 13, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/polygon-with-a-hole-in-it/23575/6 "2023-01-13T16:16:41Z")

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Everything in blue is to show that they within a closed drawing that can be extruded. They won’t extrude if you do not select them directly. You can only extrude closed drawings.