# Project onto the shell

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/project-onto-the-shell/9345>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [October 15, 2020, 9:12am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/project-onto-the-shell/9345 "2020-10-15T09:12:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Schmid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/schmid/32/7695_2.png) [@Schmid](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Schmid)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 9:12am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/project-onto-the-shell/9345/1 "2020-10-15T09:12:20Z")

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This product is currently out of stock and unavailable.  
Hello and good day. I can’t test it yet, but I am excited about the new tools. Congratulations, the new alignment tool seems to be really interesting.  
Can I somehow align the pattern I want to project onto the shell. Or what do I have to pay attention to?. Is there a rule? Thanks for your feedback.

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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:** [October 15, 2020, 9:24am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/project-onto-the-shell/9345/2 "2020-10-15T09:24:54Z")

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I understand what you want, but it’s not possible to do with Shapr3D. You will get closer results to what you expect if you rotate the patterns by ~45 degree, so that it’s closer on average to the surface.

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**Author:** ![Schmid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/schmid/32/7695_2.png) [@Schmid](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Schmid)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 9:36am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/project-onto-the-shell/9345/3 "2020-10-15T09:36:33Z")

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Herzlichen Dank für den wertvollen Tipp.