# Torus: what's an easy/best way to create it?
**URL:** https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/torus-whats-an-easy-best-way-to-create-it/8965
**Category:** Modeling Questions
**Created:** [September 12, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/torus-whats-an-easy-best-way-to-create-it/8965 "2020-09-12T13:33:59Z")
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### Author:  [@DrBenedictPorkins](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/DrBenedictPorkins)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/torus-whats-an-easy-best-way-to-create-it/8965/1 "2020-09-12T13:33:59Z")
What’s the easiest/best way to create a torus shape with a specific inner diameter?
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### Author:  [@Gelphyn](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Gelphyn)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2020, 1:53pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/torus-whats-an-easy-best-way-to-create-it/8965/2 "2020-09-12T13:53:18Z")
Hi @DrBenedictPorkins Welcome to the Forum.
This is one way to do it.
Sketch a Circle, the Diameter of which, minus the Diameter of the Torus Section/Profile, will equal the Internal Diameter of the Torus.
Use Add \> Construction Plane \> choose option Perpendicular to Curve at Point
On the Construction Plane Sketch the Profile of the Torus Ring:
Use Tools \> Sweep to form the Torus.
In this case 80mm Diameter - 10mm Diameter = 70mm Diameter
Here’s a Video Clip:
[https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/d/dbddb77ee9d657656d7de09f615cc6bebfd02a4e.mp4](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/d/dbddb77ee9d657656d7de09f615cc6bebfd02a4e.mp4)
Happy S3Ding
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### Author:  [@DrBenedictPorkins](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/DrBenedictPorkins)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2020, 2:12pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/torus-whats-an-easy-best-way-to-create-it/8965/3 "2020-09-12T14:12:01Z")
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### Author:  [@mrdindon](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/mrdindon)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/torus-whats-an-easy-best-way-to-create-it/8965/4 "2022-10-04T17:44:35Z")
I know this thread is old but this is the closest I could find to try to achieve what I want to do !
Basically, I’m trying to do a torus like described before but the opposite. I mean like a torus hole instead. The goal is to create a keychain hole. Would you know how to do this ? Right now I have the opposite :
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### Author:  [@mrdindon](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/mrdindon)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/torus-whats-an-easy-best-way-to-create-it/8965/5 "2022-10-04T18:36:39Z")
nervermind I figure it out 🙂
