# Rounding Corners in 2D Drawing

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/rounding-corners-in-2d-drawing/5629>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [September 18, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/rounding-corners-in-2d-drawing/5629 "2019-09-18T16:54:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![SteveG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SteveG](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/SteveG)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/rounding-corners-in-2d-drawing/5629/1 "2019-09-18T16:54:13Z")

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Greetings. New user here. I’m drawing a file to be exported to dxf which will then be cut out of sheet metal on a plasma table. So, I’m drawing in Top view only.

Can anyone tell me how to fillet the corners? I can’t figure out how to accomplish this without extruding the shape into 3D.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Victor\_Shapr3D](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/victor_shapr3d/32/3502_2.png) [@Victor\_Shapr3D](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Victor_Shapr3D)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 6:52pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/rounding-corners-in-2d-drawing/5629/2 "2019-09-18T18:52:11Z")

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Welcome to the forum Steve. Round corners can be created using the arc and trim tool in the sketch menu. You can draw an arc by edge of the shape and then use the trim tool to remove unwated lines. I hope this helps 🙂

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**Author:** ![SteveG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SteveG](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/SteveG)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 4:22am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/rounding-corners-in-2d-drawing/5629/3 "2019-09-20T04:22:12Z")

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Thanks. Is it possible for you to provide a video showing how? On a simple square?

I was able to round one corner but can’t repeat the process consistently.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Victor\_Shapr3D](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/victor_shapr3d/32/3502_2.png) [@Victor\_Shapr3D](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Victor_Shapr3D)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 10:28am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/rounding-corners-in-2d-drawing/5629/4 "2019-09-20T10:28:55Z")

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For a simple square, you can use a circle aligned to its center to make the circle edges round.

Here’s the link to a short video I made and I hope this is helpful 🙂 :

[![CloudApp](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/8/844b16f0433d258ec11d4916fef634c274ca4404.png "RPReplay\_Final1568974610.MP4") ](https://cl.ly/d3e1fbb8ebee)

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**Author:** ![SteveG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SteveG](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/SteveG)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 9:41pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/rounding-corners-in-2d-drawing/5629/5 "2019-09-20T21:41:33Z")

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You rock. Thanks for the great support!

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**Author:** ![mg6makes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/mg6makes/32/23504_2.png) [@mg6makes](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/mg6makes)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2023, 11:58pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/rounding-corners-in-2d-drawing/5629/6 "2023-12-03T23:58:38Z")

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this doesn’t work for me. the software does not recognize the intersections of the lines no matter what I do and you didn’t explain it.

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Gy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/peter_gy/32/9251_2.png) [@Peter\_Gy](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Peter_Gy)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2023, 8:24am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/rounding-corners-in-2d-drawing/5629/7 "2023-12-04T08:24:02Z")

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Could you maybe record a short video of what you’re trying to do and share it with us? It’d help a lot to understand what you’re struggling with and we could help better.

Also, note that the video above is from over 4 years ago and Shapr3D has changed a lot since then. For a more up-to-date description of how the different tools used in it work today, you could check out our documentation:

- [Arc](https://support.shapr3d.com/hc/en-us/articles/7874294891804-Arc)
- [Circle](https://support.shapr3d.com/hc/en-us/articles/7874296426140-Circle)
- [Trim](https://support.shapr3d.com/hc/en-us/articles/7874324658204-Trim)
- [Constraints](https://support.shapr3d.com/hc/en-us/articles/7873983670044-Constraints-overview)