# Wrap a sketch to a cylinder

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/wrap-a-sketch-to-a-cylinder/7157>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [April 11, 2020, 1:34am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/wrap-a-sketch-to-a-cylinder/7157 "2020-04-11T01:34:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![JMIRAND](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@JMIRAND](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/JMIRAND)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 1:34am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/wrap-a-sketch-to-a-cylinder/7157/1 "2020-04-11T01:34:33Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/b/b56fff828664689d60acbc8f14e9bfa453c6d35d.jpeg)  
Is there a way to wrap these logo to a cylinder?

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**Author:** ![Gelphyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gelphyn](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Gelphyn)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 4:57am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/wrap-a-sketch-to-a-cylinder/7157/2 "2020-04-11T04:57:10Z")

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Hi @JMIRAND Welcome to the Forum 🕶

Use **Tools \> Project**  
There is an example of this at:

[https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/flat-to-round/6081/2](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/flat-to-round/6081/2)

if you need further help just shout.

Happy S3Ding 🕶

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**Author:** ![quartzstudio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/quartzstudio/32/6538_2.png) [@quartzstudio](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/quartzstudio)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/wrap-a-sketch-to-a-cylinder/7157/3 "2020-06-13T18:59:58Z")

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Projecting is a vital feature, but unfortunately will warp the logo in this instance. How can we wrap these shapes onto the cylinder or curve?

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**Author:** ![Gelphyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gelphyn](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Gelphyn)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/wrap-a-sketch-to-a-cylinder/7157/4 "2020-06-13T22:44:40Z")

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Hi @quartzstudio Welcome to the Forum

Create the Logo and use **Transform \> Rotate around Axis**

 ![IMG_1933](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/1/1638f631eae6da54a0447cfe446ae29dbf774c83.jpeg)

 ![IMG_1932](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/e/ed9e1aaf416ba696932f965fe38d116f1f2327f3.jpeg)

Then use **Tools \> Project** :

 ![IMG_1931](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/b/b1fc772799acea7fcd810b7fee8263ab133fe857.jpeg)

 ![IMG_1930](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/e/e140df461b3e9ace05db6aa3fc40521f3e7101da.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![quartzstudio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/quartzstudio/32/6538_2.png) [@quartzstudio](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/quartzstudio)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2020, 2:59am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/wrap-a-sketch-to-a-cylinder/7157/5 "2020-06-14T02:59:02Z")

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Thanks for your reply! Unfortunately, this method still causes warping. The edges of the A in this example will be stretched (just a bit), but these irregularities split among the many characters and shapes of a logo distort the original artwork.

Is there any way to wrap a shape around a curve?  
(not just splitting the source artwork and projecting smaller shapes and hoping no one will notice the distorition)

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**Author:** ![Gelphyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gelphyn](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Gelphyn)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2020, 7:01am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/wrap-a-sketch-to-a-cylinder/7157/6 "2020-06-14T07:01:48Z")

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@quartzstudio  
The **A** size was deliberately chosen to display differences between Original and projection.  
the following illustrates those differences:

 ![IMG_1943](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/4/48c3dd592a0f6b4d96b778f684984d8bb4ab5f43.jpeg) ![IMG_1944](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/d/d93492a5d1a8a4d359981532721d6e585be02f47.jpeg)

The dimension difference of the Top Cross Bars is 17,569mm - 17.500mm = 0.069mm longer on Projection

In the following the **A** has been Scale to 25%:

 ![IMG_1945](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/c/c504923f43960754134900ab608698df6e1cdfc6.jpeg) ![IMG_1946](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/6/6d643bb0f7df87e90ba4b7e149e12fc169f2ff22.jpeg)

The dimension difference of the Top Cross Bars is 4.375mm - 4.383mm = 0.008mm

Click on the images to verify the Dimensions at the bottom centre.

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**Author:** ![Fsean1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Fsean1](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Fsean1)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2020, 1:13pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/wrap-a-sketch-to-a-cylinder/7157/7 "2020-06-14T13:13:36Z")

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In this example, I extruded the logo much deeper than required, cut of front and back at desired diameter.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/8/8c8fba384af1cf7a0bd62f6b57883614344ec501.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/9/9b95f4041e1248640839b5d06b4ebe13c591a95d.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/3/30760f3eebbaa0d8f16a9c5d60e6c419720aa98a.jpeg)