# Why I can’t shell this loft object please help

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**Created:** [February 8, 2020, 2:07am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/why-i-can-t-shell-this-loft-object-please-help/6621 "2020-02-08T02:07:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 9, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/why-i-can-t-shell-this-loft-object-please-help/6621/7 "2020-02-09T15:29:54Z")

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Did you try to maybe offset the angles of your current shapes and loft only the edges, leaving a empty shell in the centre.

Edit:  
I tested this and it does not work, so i went back to the drawing board.

What I did was I made 4 sketches as seen below.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/7/75f4a377993a0642045931281c31c4f18bf72592.jpeg)

I then made an offset of each sketch as shown below

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/7/76a45968d3dca6290c63efe7861ec99924559b93.jpeg)

I lofted both sketches making two bodies.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/9/9b89555812223d64954ff422e463104bde8e3c41.jpeg)

I then subtracted the smaller one from the bigger one and got my final product.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/0/0073ad1af07769af8adbea0a0f39cc83440741ff.jpeg)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/9/9b93cbaddfa24e8f476b267ba75c319b18fdccee.jpeg)

I am still new to S3D and plan to purchase it one day.

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