# Why can’t I extrude this shape

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/why-can-t-i-extrude-this-shape/12773>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [May 13, 2021, 9:20am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/why-can-t-i-extrude-this-shape/12773 "2021-05-13T09:20:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![fredlef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@fredlef](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/fredlef)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 9:20am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/why-can-t-i-extrude-this-shape/12773/1 "2021-05-13T09:20:34Z")

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I’ve never seen this before. Hopefully someone can point out what’s wrong.

Thanks  
Fred  
[ThrdHldrv4.0 Copy.shapr](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/uploads/short-url/zMWPrSARJKCX4keVdfFchKl2CSW.shapr) (918.1 KB)

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**Author:** ![Istvan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/istvan/32/23668_2.png) [@Istvan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Istvan)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 9:26am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/why-can-t-i-extrude-this-shape/12773/2 "2021-05-13T09:26:10Z")

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For some reason these overlapping sketch elements are causing the issue.

 ![Screenshot 2021-05-13 at 11.25.40](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/4/4d35b36a198f7f0b42b2e63970bc2ecd8b7a018f.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![fredlef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@fredlef](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/fredlef)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 10:20am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/why-can-t-i-extrude-this-shape/12773/3 "2021-05-13T10:20:24Z")

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Thanks so much for finding this!

Fred