# Revolve in conical shape - create a tapered pipe thread

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**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [March 3, 2025, 1:12am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/revolve-in-conical-shape-create-a-tapered-pipe-thread/36823 "2025-03-03T01:12:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![JRicardi08](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@JRicardi08](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/JRicardi08)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 1:12am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/revolve-in-conical-shape-create-a-tapered-pipe-thread/36823/1 "2025-03-03T01:12:07Z")

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Hi Team, I am glad to be part of this community. I am very new to using Shapr3D, and I am trying to create a drawing for a tapered pipe thread for some directional drilling tools. I have created the main body; however, when I try to create the thread, it doesn’t give me the effect I want. It might be because I revolved it around the center axis. The shape I want to recreate looks like the one in the pictures below.  
Can somebody advise me or give me a hint on how to achieve this effect?

Thanks very much for your knowledge sharing

 ![drilling-reamer-vertical-1024x227 - Copy](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/4/3/437b355f6eb94febb391012be382a7ce7034e57a.png)

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**Author:** ![PEC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@PEC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/PEC)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 8:43am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/revolve-in-conical-shape-create-a-tapered-pipe-thread/36823/2 "2025-03-03T08:43:06Z")

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Hi @JRicardi08,

You should have a look at these posts:

> [@Tapered thread](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/tapered-thread/9312/2):
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> (upload://8AmQXY5N30lPFcDp1xfG11NSPAz.jpeg) it is also useful to draw a profile and use the sweep tool on the outer line that arises after using the intersect tool

> [@How can i create a tapered/conical helix](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-can-i-create-a-tapered-conical-helix/35124/2):
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> Hi @Tanner Welcome to the forum. The solution to your problem has been discussed several times and is not obvious at first. I do not take the credit for this, but I cannot remember who shared it for the first time. The point is to sweep the circle along the edge of a body specially created for this purpose by intersecting an helix with a cone. The video shows it all. Hope it helps grinning

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**Author:** ![JRicardi08](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@JRicardi08](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/JRicardi08)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 1:15am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/revolve-in-conical-shape-create-a-tapered-pipe-thread/36823/3 "2025-03-05T01:15:07Z")

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Thanks a lot for sharing the solution. I will have a look on those articles … 👏