# Revolve tool does not work (piston design tutorial)

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/revolve-tool-does-not-work-piston-design-tutorial/24670>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [March 10, 2023, 10:02am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/revolve-tool-does-not-work-piston-design-tutorial/24670 "2023-03-10T10:02:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fogdile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Fogdile](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Fogdile)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 10:02am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/revolve-tool-does-not-work-piston-design-tutorial/24670/1 "2023-03-10T10:02:16Z")

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I am doing the piston tutorial and find that the revolve tool does not work. Who can I send the file to for testing?

regards

fogdale

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**Author:** ![Laci\_K](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/laci_k/32/8196_2.png) [@Laci\_K](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Laci_K)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 10:06am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/revolve-tool-does-not-work-piston-design-tutorial/24670/2 "2023-03-10T10:06:44Z")

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Hi,

You can upload a video of the problem here, that could be a fast way to find the problem.

If you want to send in the .shapr file, please attached it to a support ticket: [https://support.shapr3d.com/hc/en-us/requests/new](https://support.shapr3d.com/hc/en-us/requests/new)

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**Author:** ![Fogdile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Fogdile](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Fogdile)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 10:16am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/revolve-tool-does-not-work-piston-design-tutorial/24670/3 "2023-03-10T10:16:11Z")

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thank you, I found out what happened by myself:  
the German translation of the English commands sometimes leads astray! I have found the right command and now it works, with best thanks for the quick feedback

fogdale

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**Author:** ![Stephen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/stephen/32/16350_2.png) [@Stephen](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Stephen)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 2:06pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/revolve-tool-does-not-work-piston-design-tutorial/24670/4 "2023-03-11T14:06:10Z")

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I used to regularly confuse the Sweep and Revolve commands. Still do on occasion 🙃