# Why can I not loft between these two faces?

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**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [March 2, 2026, 9:14pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/why-can-i-not-loft-between-these-two-faces/40429 "2026-03-02T21:14:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![mattbothell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@mattbothell](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/mattbothell)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 9:14pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/why-can-i-not-loft-between-these-two-faces/40429/1 "2026-03-02T21:14:44Z")

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I am trying to create a section of a box that widens at the top and is tapered in to the rest of the shape of the box. I thought that the loft tool would be perfect for this, but when I try to loft between the two faces of each body I get an error. I am very new to this and would appreciate any help!

 ![Screenshot 2026-03-02 at 1.17.13 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/b/4/b413d1c2551459e0b7a1176cee6bb077c36f7c6a.jpeg)

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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:** [March 2, 2026, 11:05pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/why-can-i-not-loft-between-these-two-faces/40429/2 "2026-03-02T23:05:52Z")

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You want it flair outwards from the current top of the box to the lid above?

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**Author:** ![mattbothell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@mattbothell](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/mattbothell)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 11:55pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/why-can-i-not-loft-between-these-two-faces/40429/3 "2026-03-02T23:55:22Z")

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yes that’s correct. I’m trying to reverse engineer this latching box design. As you can see, there is a section that tapers outwards to allow for a little extra bulk around the section where it needs to latch.

 ![IMG_7601](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/0/3/038a0992901ac37518d81284cae4cd4f82c282b3.jpeg)

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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:** [March 2, 2026, 11:59pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/why-can-i-not-loft-between-these-two-faces/40429/4 "2026-03-02T23:59:16Z")

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So you can extrude a cube. Then select the face and extrude it again but make note of a little circle above. Click that circle and choose new body. Then use the scale tool on the top face to make your flare. Then add the 2 bodies together. That’s one way.

However I am getting a glitch with this method on the fillet corners. Head scratcher.

 ![Glitch](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/0/9/0989dcb611e47a3fe3acfb1bf20115a722d6e6e8.jpeg)

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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:** [March 3, 2026, 12:09am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/why-can-i-not-loft-between-these-two-faces/40429/5 "2026-03-03T00:09:56Z")

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You can use the loft tool similarly with two+ steps. Loft is the way to go no glitches. 3 lofts seen below. Use the shell tool on the top face.

 ![Screenshot 2026-03-02 160739](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/8/c/8c36fce7690162b8efa985f62c2c164d37b10810.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![mattbothell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@mattbothell](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/mattbothell)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 1:50am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/why-can-i-not-loft-between-these-two-faces/40429/6 "2026-03-03T01:50:22Z")

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Okay thanks, I did some messing around because this is basically what I did, and it looks like for whatever reason you can’t really use loft with hollow bodies in any way, or even sketches with inside diameters in them. So like for instance a square within a square doesn’t seem to work, even if I select both squares before trying to loft them to another face. I have to do the loft, then drawer the smaller inner square and shell out like you said

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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:** [March 3, 2026, 4:15pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/why-can-i-not-loft-between-these-two-faces/40429/7 "2026-03-03T16:15:12Z")

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Seems like you should be able to loft the faces of hollow bodies. Right?. You can also use the sweep tool. That will allow you to make hollow bodies with variable thickness walls within reason.

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**Author:** ![Arbuthnott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@Arbuthnott](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Arbuthnott)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 11:03am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/why-can-i-not-loft-between-these-two-faces/40429/8 "2026-03-08T11:03:05Z")

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I have had a similar problem, and found that splitting the two objects vertically, before trying Loft, made it possible to loft each part separately, and then of course Union thereafter. No idea why it does not work on the whole bodies

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**Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 6:21am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/why-can-i-not-loft-between-these-two-faces/40429/9 "2026-03-10T06:21:28Z")

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Hi,  
I’ll do it like that, right?

 ![Capture d’écran 2026-03-10 à 07.17.22](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/7/b/7ba986ccb7143f28257accaf34e1fa00e210768d.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![SCALEMODEL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@SCALEMODEL](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/SCALEMODEL)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 6:49am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/why-can-i-not-loft-between-these-two-faces/40429/10 "2026-03-10T06:49:28Z")

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The sweep!

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/7/c/7cccd307f1319c96ebf5eac52cafc82c20c19292.jpeg)