# Where is revolve?

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/where-is-revolve/15316>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [October 12, 2021, 10:31pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/where-is-revolve/15316 "2021-10-12T22:31:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![Gatto\_gattez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Gatto\_gattez](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Gatto_gattez)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 10:31pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/where-is-revolve/15316/1 "2021-10-12T22:31:19Z")

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Hello guys, I have the early access version,

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I don’t know why but I can’t use SUBTRACT, INTERSECT, REVOLVE, SWEEP, as in the iPad version, this is Windows 10, the device is Lenovo Yoga 6, I hope you can fix this issue, thanks a lot in advance!!

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**Author:** ![TheBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@TheBum](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TheBum)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 11:11pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/where-is-revolve/15316/2 "2021-10-12T23:11:42Z")

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I’m guessing you have an object selected in addition to the sketch. Try unselecting everything and only selecting the sketch profile you want to revolve.

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**Author:** ![Gatto\_gattez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Gatto\_gattez](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Gatto_gattez)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 11:25pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/where-is-revolve/15316/3 "2021-10-12T23:25:36Z")

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thanks for the answer, but unfortunately there’s no selection…

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**Author:** ![Stelzriede](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@Stelzriede](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Stelzriede)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 12:35am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/where-is-revolve/15316/4 "2021-10-13T00:35:17Z")

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Create a sketch on a plane. Z axis for example, next roll to front view, or something that makes it flat and you have to draw an axis to revolve around, or select it if you made it at the home point. So tap your body to select it, then tap the axis that you made and when you tap the axis, it should change your options and allow you to revolve around that axis. In the learn section, Create Complex Bodies, the first example is revolve. Hope this helps.

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**Author:** ![Gatto\_gattez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Gatto\_gattez](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Gatto_gattez)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/where-is-revolve/15316/5 "2021-10-13T14:44:57Z")

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![Cattura](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/1/1f5bed56c97b88e63bad6b7ef9432da217b45b2a.jpeg)  
Well actually this button doesn’t appear and as you can see I selected only the section and the rotation axis.  
I don’t know why the SUBTRACT, INTERSECT, REVOLVE, SWEEP doesn’t appear even if I open an empty file… I can only use OFFSET FACE, CHAMFER/FILLET, EXTRUDE, SHELL, LOFT, UNION from Tools section…

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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:** [October 13, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/where-is-revolve/15316/6 "2021-10-13T14:47:59Z")

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Hey – you could try one more thing. There’s a supper annoying bug (with a fix is on the way!) which makes tools/actions simply disappear from the end of the list if the vertical resolution is too low instead of being hidden behind a “more” selector. You could try making the app full-screen by using the small squircle icon in the bottom-right corner of the window. It would hide the taskbar and gain you a few additional pixels which might make the tools you need show up. Also, as others suggested, selecting the relevant objects first would narrow down the list of available actions, making sure that the one you need fits onto the screen.

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**Author:** ![Gatto\_gattez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Gatto\_gattez](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Gatto_gattez)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 2:56pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/where-is-revolve/15316/7 "2021-10-13T14:56:41Z")

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Well I tried your suggestion, but it just appear SUBTRACT, but I don’t need to use it for now.

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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 13, 2021, 5:02pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/where-is-revolve/15316/8 "2021-10-13T17:02:45Z")

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Hi @Gatto_gattez! In your last screenshot, all the sketch curves (even the outlines of the cross-sections) and the axis-line also selected. The cross-section cannot be revolved with the contour curves, this is why the tool is not given in the list. You should only select the enclosed area and the axis to revolve around.

I assume you have selected everything at once with the lasso tool. Please note that the lasso tool has a selection filter option, where you can set it to select faces only. This will let you select the enclosed area only, after that you can select the axis and you will have the Revolve tool given 🙂

Here is a short video about the solution, please note the selection filter on the left side while dragging the lasso, there is the same filter on Windows also. In the beginning of the video I made a selection without filtering, there you can see the same tools were given just as in your case. Sorry for the iPad UI, Windows acts like the same.

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**Author:** ![Gatto\_gattez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Gatto\_gattez](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Gatto_gattez)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 7:13pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/where-is-revolve/15316/9 "2021-10-15T19:13:44Z")

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Okay, but it doesn’t work, if I open the ‘tools’ palette there are some tools missing… But if I open the ‘tools’ I nave to dee all the buttons including the ones I wrote before…

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**Author:** ![Gatto\_gattez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Gatto\_gattez](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Gatto_gattez)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/where-is-revolve/15316/10 "2021-11-16T15:14:54Z")

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Hi Peter, any news?

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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:** [November 24, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/where-is-revolve/15316/11 "2021-11-24T16:09:56Z")

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Hi, sorry for the late reply! We are working on it, the fix was not released yet. Could you please send me a screen recording about selecting just the cross-section and the revolve axis in that order? Selecting these two details should only show _Rotate Around Axis_, _Mirror_, and _Revolve_ tools on the left.