# Rotating a projected feature around an axis

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/rotating-a-projected-feature-around-an-axis/21754>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [October 5, 2022, 11:30pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/rotating-a-projected-feature-around-an-axis/21754 "2022-10-05T23:30:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Spike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Spike](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Spike)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 11:30pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/rotating-a-projected-feature-around-an-axis/21754/1 "2022-10-05T23:30:05Z")

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I projected a profile on a cylindrical object, but I can’t seem to copy the profile around the cylinder.  
The projection is used to cut/remove some material from the surface of the cylinder, and now I want to pattern that cut around the cylinder

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**Author:** ![benaston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@benaston](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/benaston)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 2:22pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/rotating-a-projected-feature-around-an-axis/21754/2 "2022-10-06T14:22:12Z")

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Is this what you want?

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**Author:** ![Spike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Spike](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Spike)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 11:36am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/rotating-a-projected-feature-around-an-axis/21754/3 "2022-10-10T11:36:11Z")

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this is a bit helpful, as it shows a somewhat descent way of achieving what I am doing. seems like a good way to do a smaller number of profiles (\<10 or so).  
however, I’m rotating more than 4 profiles (more like 20+)  
is there another option to do such a function?

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**Author:** ![Zoli](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/zoli/32/592_2.png) [@Zoli](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Zoli)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 12:33pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/rotating-a-projected-feature-around-an-axis/21754/4 "2022-10-10T12:33:21Z")

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You can go 2 ways:

- create the sketches first (pattern tool can be used), project them onto the cylinder, and modify projections or
- create a single sketch first, project it, modify the projection and copy the feature around (move/rotate tool)

The first one is more reliable, since feature copy does not always work for complex geometry

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**Author:** ![Spike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Spike](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Spike)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 7:57pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/rotating-a-projected-feature-around-an-axis/21754/5 "2022-10-11T19:57:01Z")

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![Vase-2022-10-10 205721](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/4/a/4abd4fd1c031cf49ba00690f37e43d9a2e1be666.jpeg)  
I made this to test out Benaston’s suggested method. It worked although very time consuming for such a simple set of features.  
I like the sound of being able to pattern the projection but I can’t seem to be able to do this. I can “copy” from “move/rotate” but I can’t seem to get to a pattern function.

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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:** [October 14, 2022, 1:13pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/rotating-a-projected-feature-around-an-axis/21754/6 "2022-10-14T13:13:29Z")

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Hello! The pattern tool is located in the Transform menu. If you don’t have it, please update Shapr3D to the latest version.

It can also happen that I did not get your point. In this case, please feel free to share a screen recording of your workflow.