# When projecting, is it possible to create a separate body of the projection?
**URL:** https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/when-projecting-is-it-possible-to-create-a-separate-body-of-the-projection/26730
**Category:** Modeling Questions
**Created:** [July 13, 2023, 7:14am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/when-projecting-is-it-possible-to-create-a-separate-body-of-the-projection/26730 "2023-07-13T07:14:27Z")
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### Author:  [@Dysaniaprops](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Dysaniaprops)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2023, 7:14am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/when-projecting-is-it-possible-to-create-a-separate-body-of-the-projection/26730/1 "2023-07-13T07:14:27Z")
Hello! I’m using Shapr3D on an iPad Air. Something that has been an issue for me, several times, is that when projecting a shape into a body, and extruding said shape , it doesn’t create its own body, as it just becomes part of the body it was projected at. This is no issue when it’s something being projected to a flat surface, since the workaround is to extrude outside and then move to the surface, or add a plane and cut where they meet. But neither of those are the case when it’s a curved face, since I need the new projected body to have the curve of the main body.
TLDR: How can I project something into a curved surface and extrude it into its own body instead of joining the body being projected to?
Thanks !
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### Author:  [@Peter\_Gy](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Peter_Gy)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2023, 7:19am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/when-projecting-is-it-possible-to-create-a-separate-body-of-the-projection/26730/2 "2023-07-13T07:19:44Z")
Have you tried using the [Replace Face tool](https://support.shapr3d.com/hc/en-us/articles/7874457242268-Replace-Face)? If I understand your problem correctly, that’d do the exact same thing you’d need: match the faces of the two bodies.
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### Author:  [@Dysaniaprops](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Dysaniaprops)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/when-projecting-is-it-possible-to-create-a-separate-body-of-the-projection/26730/3 "2023-07-13T16:18:08Z")
Thanks for helping ! In essence that works, but now when I tried I noticed that a new issue arises. Now the outer part of the shape I projected doesn’t have the curve like the inner part. What would be the workaround to this ?
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### Author:  [@TigerMike](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TigerMike)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2023, 4:25pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/when-projecting-is-it-possible-to-create-a-separate-body-of-the-projection/26730/4 "2023-07-13T16:25:51Z")
If I may add, the workaround would be to make a copy of the part created that has the curved surface. Move that new copy away from the original and do a Subtract. After that you can delete the temp copy.