# How to make this shape? Im a bit stumped how to do it elegantly

**URL:** <https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/how-to-make-this-shape-im-a-bit-stumped-how-to-do-it-elegantly/19863>\
**Category:** Rhino for Windows\
**Created:** [May 8, 2015, 9:36pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/how-to-make-this-shape-im-a-bit-stumped-how-to-do-it-elegantly/19863 "2015-05-08T21:36:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Simon\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/simon_jackson/32/285486_2.png) [@Simon\_Jackson](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Simon_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 9:36pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/how-to-make-this-shape-im-a-bit-stumped-how-to-do-it-elegantly/19863/1 "2015-05-08T21:36:54Z")

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Its the 2 open ends that are stumping me. Ignore all the detail and the one in the centre. I just need to know how to make the basic shape. Hopefuly without having to trim the circular ends, although mirroring over half of it is fine.

Thank you.

![](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/uploads/default/19802/01e61d700385aad6.PNG)

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**Author:** ![pascal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/pascal/32/479395_2.png) [@pascal](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/pascal)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 4:57am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/how-to-make-this-shape-im-a-bit-stumped-how-to-do-it-elegantly/19863/2 "2015-05-09T04:57:38Z")

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Hi Simon - - this looks a lot like a sort of special case of the situation discussed at length here

> [@Render Rage](http://discourse.mcneel.com/t/render-rage/18537):
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> Is there a way to stop Rhino’s display and renderer doing this? As far as I can see all the surfaces are tangent.[image] Here is the file (v5.0 windows service 11)[y pipe.3dm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/uploads/default/18304/22ff7c870c7c5e32.3dm) (5.4 MB)

-Pascal

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**Author:** ![Simon\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/simon_jackson/32/285486_2.png) [@Simon\_Jackson](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Simon_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 9:17am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/how-to-make-this-shape-im-a-bit-stumped-how-to-do-it-elegantly/19863/3 "2015-05-09T09:17:08Z")

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Thanks