# Workshop

**URL:** https://discourse.shapr3d.com/c/workshop/51.md?page=253

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## [3.57 - Hover effects + 2D rotation](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/3-57-hover-effects-2d-rotation/10953)

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**Author:** [@Miharu\_Shapr3D](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Miharu_Shapr3D)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/3-57-hover-effects-2d-rotation/10953 "2021-01-22T22:06:19Z")

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Hi! We’re excited to start 2021 with a new beta version that includes hover effects and buttons for 2D rotation. First up, when you hover over anything—a face, sketch, edge, reference geometry, etc.—in your design spac…

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## [Group Items List Does Not Fill View](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/group-items-list-does-not-fill-view/11010)

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**Author:** [@Yepher](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Yepher)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2021, 12:40pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/group-items-list-does-not-fill-view/11010 "2021-01-24T12:40:59Z")

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Version: 3.57.0 (726) I have a bunch of body items. When I select the list the view scrollable list is short compared to the rest of the view. \*Here is an example:

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## [Drag Drop File Should Import](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/drag-drop-file-should-import/10823)

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**Author:** [@Yepher](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Yepher)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2021, 3:30pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/drag-drop-file-should-import/10823 "2021-01-23T15:30:39Z")

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It seems like when you drag and drop a file onto Shapr3D canvas it should trigger the import function. To me, that should be almost the same behaviour as when someone airdrops a file to the iPad while that app is running…

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## [Aligning two sketches](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/aligning-two-sketches/11000)

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**Author:** [@uykucu](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/uykucu)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2021, 3:23pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/aligning-two-sketches/11000 "2021-01-23T15:23:01Z")

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Hello, I am new to this app Is there a way to align a circle’s center to a rectangular’s center? Thank You

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## [Primary Tab Preference](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/primary-tab-preference/11007)

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**Author:** [@Yepher](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Yepher)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2021, 3:22pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/primary-tab-preference/11007 "2021-01-23T15:22:57Z")

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In the Mac app (and iPad) I feel like always defaulting to the Discover tab is a bit annoying. I totally understand why you want to start users there in the beginning because you have a lot of discovery features there. B…

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## [Found a crash (Redo Import)](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/found-a-crash-redo-import/10834)

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**Author:** [@Yepher](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Yepher)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2021, 3:07pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/found-a-crash-redo-import/10834 "2021-01-23T15:07:38Z")

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Reproducibility: 100% I found a crash. Steps to reproduce Open a new drawing import gears.dxf move the gear drawing to anywhere (I just slightly drag it) On keyboard do Undo (CTL-Z) to put the object back to the sta…

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## [Import Designs](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/import-designs/10979)

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**Author:** [@RacketRebel](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/RacketRebel)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2021, 2:59pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/import-designs/10979 "2021-01-23T14:59:45Z")

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Hi how i can i import in a open design with the add command other design that are located on my designs page on a iPad – local storage on the iPad Or do need always to export the designs to an Cloud based folder?

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## [How to modify the circle shape?](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-modify-the-circle-shape/10988)

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**Author:** [@key60529](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/key60529)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2021, 2:54pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-modify-the-circle-shape/10988 "2021-01-23T14:54:58Z")

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Hello, I’m new to shapr3D, I would like to create a circle shape, but have more anchor so I could transform some of the anchor to create a shape like the image below … but after some search, still can’t find a solutio…

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## [Select all? Am I doing this wrong?](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/select-all-am-i-doing-this-wrong/10940)

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**Author:** [@Icecold](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Icecold)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2021, 5:02pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/select-all-am-i-doing-this-wrong/10940 "2021-01-22T17:02:50Z")

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Maybe it’s my layers, or lack there of, but I can’t select all. I seen a suggestion I ’ use a keyboard, which makes me believe a simple onscreen button could be fixed, but I’m spending hours hand picking all these little…

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## [Radius of 1/128](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/radius-of-1-128/10944)

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**Author:** [@JoelM](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/JoelM)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2021, 2:32am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/radius-of-1-128/10944 "2021-01-22T02:32:18Z")

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I am designing in inches and cannot see how to define a radius in 1/128th inch increments. 1/128th inch is almost exactly 0.2 mm, which is the resolution of my printer. The radius pop-up box only allows denominators up t…

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## [Mate/blend surface](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/mate-blend-surface/10884)

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**Author:** [@Alano](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Alano)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2021, 3:40am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/mate-blend-surface/10884 "2021-01-21T03:40:37Z")

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Hey folks, I need help here. I’m making a part that mates to an imported scanned mesh. the surface opposite the mating surface to the scan is planar. each surface has a different shape. Attached photo: green is scan…

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## [Help joining 3D shape/Creating curved shape](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-joining-3d-shape-creating-curved-shape/10933)

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**Author:** [@9V7W3](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/9V7W3)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2021, 9:05pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-joining-3d-shape-creating-curved-shape/10933 "2021-01-20T21:05:32Z")

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Hello everyone, I’m new to 3D drawing so I’m sorry if my questions are very amateurish! I’m trying to design a replacement grille for a front bumper of a car. I’m working on the right side only in the picture. I figure…

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## [File import and export formats](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/file-import-and-export-formats/10923)

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**Author:** [@MurrayWP](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/MurrayWP)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2021, 2:27pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/file-import-and-export-formats/10923 "2021-01-20T14:27:49Z")

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I have been using the trial version of Shapr3d for a couple of weeks now and so far I am very impressed. I’m looking at buying the full version but there are a couple of issues to do with file import and export. I am hea…

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## [Very slow to process multiple bodies](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/very-slow-to-process-multiple-bodies/10902)

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**Author:** [@charleszhai](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/charleszhai)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2021, 9:48am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/very-slow-to-process-multiple-bodies/10902 "2021-01-20T09:48:03Z")

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I’ve made this threaded design successfully but found it is extremely slow to process the subtraction with multiple bodies (over 100) at the same time, is there any better way to make this design quickly?

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## [Working with cad data from umake](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/working-with-cad-data-from-umake/10910)

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**Author:** [@MarkL](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/MarkL)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/working-with-cad-data-from-umake/10910 "2021-01-19T19:56:35Z")

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Hey curious if there is a way to modify surfaces that were imported from umake. Generally you can export as IGES into shapr, but once in shapr i cant seem to do much with it. if im lucky sometimes i can fillet a few bits…

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## [Strange lines appear when extruding](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/strange-lines-appear-when-extruding/10885)

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**Author:** [@Jason42](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Jason42)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2021, 10:41am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/strange-lines-appear-when-extruding/10885 "2021-01-19T10:41:28Z")

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I often have problems with the extrude and offset tools wherein they produce strange lines in the result. These lines seem to have no correspondence to any existing geometry. They simply seem extraneous, and they appea…

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## [Resetting defaults for subtract tool](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/resetting-defaults-for-subtract-tool/10908)

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**Author:** [@Shaunsheep1](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Shaunsheep1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2021, 3:39pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/resetting-defaults-for-subtract-tool/10908 "2021-01-19T15:39:55Z")

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Help I have been messing around with the subtract tool but now when I try to subtract the tool doesn’t work how do I Return the s settingsbackto their original configuration

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## [Exporting to dxf missing some parts of circles](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/exporting-to-dxf-missing-some-parts-of-circles/10886)

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**Author:** [@Andrew1](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Andrew1)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/exporting-to-dxf-missing-some-parts-of-circles/10886 "2021-01-18T17:43:19Z")

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I am new to Shapr. When exporting to dxf some times, sections of circles are missing. Is this s shapr problem or a macOS problem. Or is viewing it online with Autosdesk viewer another problem ?

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## [Can't figure out sweep](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/cant-figure-out-sweep/10825)

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**Author:** [@Yepher](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Yepher)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2021, 3:15pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/cant-figure-out-sweep/10825 "2021-01-18T15:15:25Z")

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A friend’s kid wanted to turn a “Breath of the Wild Temple” into a dice roller so I gave it a try. I was able to make the general shape without much issue. But I wanted to add the organic facade to the face. I tried dra…

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## [PBR materials in USDZ - Tip: check out USDZSHARE on twitter](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/pbr-materials-in-usdz-tip-check-out-usdzshare-on-twitter/10889)

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**Author:** [@Vassi\_solutions](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Vassi_solutions)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2021, 2:06pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/pbr-materials-in-usdz-tip-check-out-usdzshare-on-twitter/10889 "2021-01-18T14:06:31Z")

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Not sure where to put this, but you should all check out usdzshare on twitter. I have been following him for a while now and he´s doing some cool stuff with USDZ in switht playground lately. Basicly he has made an app i…

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## [Top Left App Buttons Become Non Functional](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/top-left-app-buttons-become-non-functional/10800)

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**Author:** [@Yepher](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Yepher)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2021, 10:25am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/top-left-app-buttons-become-non-functional/10800 "2021-01-18T10:25:59Z")

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This happens to me all the time but not when I try to reproduce. I export a drawing then I try to leave the drawing so I can go into a different drawing and export it but the buttons at the top of the screen stop working…

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## [Being able to duplicate items inside a file](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/being-able-to-duplicate-items-inside-a-file/10880)

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**Author:** [@MrG](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/MrG)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2021, 7:07pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/being-able-to-duplicate-items-inside-a-file/10880 "2021-01-17T19:07:24Z")

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Hi, it would be great to able to duplicate items inside a file, like shapes

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## [Help with scale](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-with-scale/10875)

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**Author:** [@buke9](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/buke9)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2021, 4:45am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-with-scale/10875 "2021-01-17T04:45:23Z")

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I’m trying to make a case for a headphone dac/amp and having trouble getting scale to be right. I make a rectangle the size of the unit with fillets and copy that and scale it 116% so I can cut the original box out of it…

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## [Curving a sheet](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/curving-a-sheet/10841)

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**Author:** [@Differentiasp](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Differentiasp)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 16, 2021, 3:07pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/curving-a-sheet/10841 "2021-01-16T15:07:27Z")

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I am trying to bend a curved flat sheet of steel - I have attached the shapr3d mode, here as well as a photograph of the prototype in the workshop. Can anyone help me with how to do this please? Steve

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## [Hinges help](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/hinges-help/10858)

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**Author:** [@JHancockT](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/JHancockT)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 15, 2021, 6:12pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/hinges-help/10858 "2021-01-15T18:12:52Z")

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Hello can some please explain how to open and close a finished pivot joint? So lets say I made a door… how do I open and close it? Thanks, Jordan

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## [Export formats](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/export-formats/554)

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**Author:** [@Be-light](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Be-light)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 15, 2021, 1:42pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/export-formats/554 "2021-01-15T13:42:25Z")

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Hi team I thinking about start using your app for my work as Lightdesign in theatre. But will it be possible to export my models from your app in one of this formats: Timon Hi Does wyg support any of this formats? S…

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## [Trying to design bud vases with “texture”](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/trying-to-design-bud-vases-with-texture/10811)

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**Author:** [@Spark](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Spark)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 15, 2021, 3:53am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/trying-to-design-bud-vases-with-texture/10811 "2021-01-15T03:53:16Z")

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So was recently commissioned to design a simple bud vase. No problem, make half shape and revolve, shell, clean up, boom. She likes it, but wants it to look more like a clay pot. With horizontal lines. So I do so by addi…

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## [How to wrap a decorative volume around a round box?](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-wrap-a-decorative-volume-around-a-round-box/10642)

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**Author:** [@Eric14](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Eric14)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2021, 9:45pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-wrap-a-decorative-volume-around-a-round-box/10642 "2021-01-14T21:45:14Z")

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Hi, I need to get a decorative design around a round box… anyone can help with a method? I join a pic of the box and the decorative design. Thank you, Eric

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## [Measure tool](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/measure-tool/10840)

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**Author:** [@Cpat39](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Cpat39)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2021, 8:57pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/measure-tool/10840 "2021-01-14T20:57:44Z")

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I import STL and occassionally STEP files into Shapr3D from various 3D Modeling sites. Would nitce to have Measurement tool to check dimension. I know I can click on line etc, but somethimes I get so many dimension I can…

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## [Hidden Layers Reappear](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/hidden-layers-reappear/10829)

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**Author:** [@Yepher](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Yepher)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2021, 1:52pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/hidden-layers-reappear/10829 "2021-01-14T13:52:27Z")

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This happens to me all the time and is for sure unexpected. I create some sketches and objects then I hide them because I want to use them later and don’t want to mess them up. When I draw something those re-appear even …

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