# SWEEP Limitations?

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/sweep-limitations/39909>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [December 5, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/sweep-limitations/39909 "2025-12-05T13:17:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![gBivi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58f4c7/32.png) [@gBivi](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/gBivi)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/sweep-limitations/39909/1 "2025-12-05T13:17:16Z")

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I’m trying to learn shapr3D  
[shapr3d\_export\_CookieCutter.shapr](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/uploads/short-url/8Kjum1x4K0SPMZ6BlwzqDH4oN7O.shapr) (100.1 KB)  
in this cookie cutter project I tried to do a SWEEP around a snowman sketch.  
It stucks at the hat.  
I suppose it is because of the small place between hat and head.

Could someone explain me these limitation that does not allow the to go around this place?

I thought I would scale up the sketch get more place , but the SCALE of the sketch does not work too, because of constraints, but I do not find which constrain is responsible for the SCALE to fail

Thank you for your help

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**Author:** ![Oregonerd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/oregonerd/32/8012_2.png) [@Oregonerd](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Oregonerd)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/sweep-limitations/39909/2 "2025-12-05T14:47:13Z")

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You might try bisecting the snowman and sweeping then mirroring and then adding to work around this.

Sometimes mirroring is helpful that way.

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**Author:** ![Oregonerd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/oregonerd/32/8012_2.png) [@Oregonerd](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Oregonerd)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/sweep-limitations/39909/4 "2025-12-05T15:00:29Z")

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Try bisecting your snowman. Then redraw the profile starting at the bisected hat using a construction plane. It should work. Sometimes where you start an operation like sweep matters.

 ![ShaprSnowmanCookie](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/a/8/a8a3c297fd06f9b93110c32225f051b9e5322c18.jpeg)