# Latest

**URL:** https://discourse.shapr3d.com/latest.md?page=158

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## [FBX support](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/fbx-support/26481)

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**Author:** [@sander](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/sander)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2023, 3:58am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/fbx-support/26481 "2023-06-27T03:58:32Z")

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Hi, I’ve previously voiced concerns about issues I’m experiencing with transferring my textured and colored models from Shapr to external rendering software. Currently, I use OBJ, but this method is far from perfect as …

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## [I need help with drawing a complex shape](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/i-need-help-with-drawing-a-complex-shape/26442)

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**Author:** [@tayfun1907](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/tayfun1907)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2023, 6:33am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/i-need-help-with-drawing-a-complex-shape/26442 "2023-06-26T06:33:08Z")

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Hello everyone, :wave: I need a shape like in the pictures below. But whatever I did, I couldn’t draw it. :man\_facepalming: This is a CR2032 battery cover. It is a very complicated drawing for a beginner like me. How ca…

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## [How would you take this into 3D?](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-would-you-take-this-into-3d/26456)

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**Author:** [@Choopie](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Choopie)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-would-you-take-this-into-3d/26456 "2023-06-25T22:20:32Z")

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I’ve just got up to speed on most of the sketching, and feel pretty comfortable whipping up sketches now. The project I’m working on has a lot of shapes. It’s a motorcycle helmet, so you can imagine what I’m possibly go…

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## [Showing all dimensions at once](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/showing-all-dimensions-at-once/17125)

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**Author:** [@TWS](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TWS)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2023, 8:28pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/showing-all-dimensions-at-once/17125 "2023-06-25T20:28:27Z")

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Hi friends, I am new this Shapr 3d but not new to software design and the one thing that would really help an end user is to show ALL dimensions of a design by default or by clicking a button. Is there such a function? …

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## [Film lamp](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/film-lamp/26458)

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**Author:** [@Hammerhand](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Hammerhand)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/film-lamp/26458 "2023-06-25T16:23:31Z")

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A 600 watt film light, generic but drawing heavily from the aesthetic of the Mole-Richardson family of lamps.

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## [Ship HULL](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/ship-hull/11379)

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**Author:** [@Moni7548](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Moni7548)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/ship-hull/11379 "2023-06-25T16:20:01Z")

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Hello I’ve been using Shapr3D for about 8 months got pretty used to all the tools in the tool box but I can’t figure out how to create seamlessly à ship hull mesh. Adding spline points to a volume or if there’s an altern…

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## [Struggling to figure out alignments related to sketched elements only](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/struggling-to-figure-out-alignments-related-to-sketched-elements-only/26454)

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**Author:** [@Choopie](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Choopie)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2023, 11:32pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/struggling-to-figure-out-alignments-related-to-sketched-elements-only/26454 "2023-06-24T23:32:30Z")

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This is absolutely a beginner question but I’ve searched and can’t find a directly stated answer here (and it could be because I don’t quite know what I need to search for) How on earth do I easily align multiple sketch…

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## [PC User Interface](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/pc-user-interface/26450)

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**Author:** [@sunToxx](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/sunToxx)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/pc-user-interface/26450 "2023-06-24T19:50:57Z")

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Please let shapr arrive in the PC world. The way files are organized might be ok for a tablet, but it is horrible for PC. At the minimum, I need a filter, so I can type a word and only projects that contain that word in …

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## [Threading question](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/threading-question/26446)

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**Author:** [@JeridHill](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/JeridHill)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/threading-question/26446 "2023-06-23T22:59:56Z")

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I am trying to taper a thread to curve around a shaft. I duplicated my plane, rotated, scaled and moved it. I then used loft to connect them but I’m trying to figure out how to curve the edges to form more to the spiral.…

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## [Trouble with Union, iPad pro](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/trouble-with-union-ipad-pro/26433)

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**Author:** [@Choopie](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Choopie)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/trouble-with-union-ipad-pro/26433 "2023-06-23T17:22:23Z")

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Hey gang, I went through the headphone YouTube tutorial mostly unscathed. However, when trying out this canoe one, right at the very beginning I’m having issues. I can sweep just fine to get the first half of the hull,…

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## [Concept: Shapr3D running on the upcoming Apple Mixed Reality headset](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/concept-shapr3d-running-on-the-upcoming-apple-mixed-reality-headset/16943)

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**Author:** [@Vassi\_solutions](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Vassi_solutions)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2023, 12:28pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/concept-shapr3d-running-on-the-upcoming-apple-mixed-reality-headset/16943 "2023-06-23T12:28:15Z")

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Will we see shapr3D in yet another keynote ? The mixed Reality Headset is rumoured to be launched later this year. I made a concept rendering of Shapr3D being run from the Apple Mixed Reality set. (Remote Desktop or Si…

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## [Problems when visualizing](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/problems-when-visualizing/26437)

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**Author:** [@sepo](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/sepo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2023, 10:17am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/problems-when-visualizing/26437 "2023-06-23T10:17:08Z")

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Hello, seniors I am a rookie learning shapr3D. Question) When I visualize after modeling, some faces are not generated. Please see the snapshot below. What is the problem? I am looking for advice from seniors. Thank…

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## [Trouble navigating tutorial ](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/trouble-navigating-tutorial/26432)

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**Author:** [@Jadewatch](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Jadewatch)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2023, 6:45am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/trouble-navigating-tutorial/26432 "2023-06-23T06:45:02Z")

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Hi, new to Shapr3D. I am in the second exersize in a tutorial, the one where you learn to scetcl a straight line, arc or circle. Ipractice those a while then am ready to move pt part 3. However I can find no way to advan…

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## [Spline not following like the tutorial](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/spline-not-following-like-the-tutorial/26408)

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**Author:** [@Naythero](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Naythero)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2023, 6:28am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/spline-not-following-like-the-tutorial/26408 "2023-06-23T06:28:00Z")

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Hello, I’m struggling with the spline tool, in the mouse tutorial, after doing the back spline of the mouse, I try to do like the tutorial and add a new spline, but it take the last spline point and it deforms the first …

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## [3D Print Part Comparisons](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/3d-print-part-comparisons/26313)

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**Author:** [@JeridHill](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/JeridHill)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2023, 12:21am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/3d-print-part-comparisons/26313 "2023-06-23T00:21:37Z")

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My coworker designed a part we are 3D printing. He used Solidworks. It’s an older version, 2015, so it might make a difference. He sent me the STL file and yesterday I imported it in Shapr3D and redrew it since I couldn’…

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## [R\[O\]LT Laxÿ\[e\]s chair](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/r-o-lt-laxy-e-s-chair/26113)

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**Author:** [@Kouwalsen](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Kouwalsen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2023, 9:50pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/r-o-lt-laxy-e-s-chair/26113 "2023-06-22T21:50:10Z")

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This is chair from my R\[O\]LT collection. It features rectangled legs and and tissued seating. The chair can be personalised by colour.R\[O\]LT Laxÿ\[e\]s

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## [Create new mounting bracket in angle way](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/create-new-mounting-bracket-in-angle-way/26369)

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**Author:** [@AshTheBash](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/AshTheBash)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/create-new-mounting-bracket-in-angle-way/26369 "2023-06-22T15:32:12Z")

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I am trying to replace like pictured to create a new angle for the screen in my car to be facing us rather than it showing half the sky and half the roof lining on the screen making it hard to see the screen for dir…

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## [How to model NPT screws?](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-model-npt-screws/26418)

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**Author:** [@craj](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/craj)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2023, 12:03pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-model-npt-screws/26418 "2023-06-22T12:03:32Z")

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I really like the modeling tutorials for a general screw. How do I expand on it to make an NPT screw?

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## [Visualization of a Section?](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/visualization-of-a-section/26417)

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**Author:** [@Simon66](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Simon66)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2023, 10:59am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/visualization-of-a-section/26417 "2023-06-22T10:59:49Z")

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So I have a complete cross section of my model. If I click ‘Visualization’ it ignores the cross section of the model and reverts to the full model. I’m using the windows version. Is there a way to maintain the cross s…

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## [Color is gone after export for Powerpoint](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/color-is-gone-after-export-for-powerpoint/26415)

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**Author:** [@Laurens](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Laurens)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2023, 10:43am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/color-is-gone-after-export-for-powerpoint/26415 "2023-06-22T10:43:36Z")

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Hey, when I visualized my design with colors and exported it, the colors are no longer present in the exported file. I want to export a 3D body for powerpoint. Thank you for your help!

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## [Glass doesn't show anything behind it](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/glass-doesnt-show-anything-behind-it/26416)

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**Author:** [@C.Gerrits](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/C.Gerrits)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2023, 8:58am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/glass-doesnt-show-anything-behind-it/26416 "2023-06-22T08:58:17Z")

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So the issue I have is kind of weird, in Shapr on the PC glass works exactly as expected for our use (showcasing personalized steel doors). The issue I seem to run across is that when I activate the AR mode on a phone I …

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## [Equal Wall Thickness](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/equal-wall-thickness/26403)

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**Author:** [@shapr3dNewb](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/shapr3dNewb)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2023, 9:23pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/equal-wall-thickness/26403 "2023-06-21T21:23:26Z")

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Hello. I’m very new to Shapr3D and I have to say I like it so far. So, I have an irregular shaped triangle that I would like to create the same size wall thickness for, let’s say 1/4 inch (.25 inches). Is this possibl…

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## [Organising designs](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/organising-designs/26411)

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**Author:** [@Russcurtis](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Russcurtis)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2023, 8:30pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/organising-designs/26411 "2023-06-21T20:30:47Z")

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Hi, is there any way of putting designs into folders, or organising them in some way?

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## [Golden hand beg design](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/golden-hand-beg-design/26392)

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**Author:** [@Aroona](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Aroona)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/golden-hand-beg-design/26392 "2023-06-21T14:29:06Z")

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\#Golden hand beg design#.shapr (6.5 MB)

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## [Search bar](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/search-bar/13471)

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**Author:** [@Rohan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Rohan)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2023, 12:19pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/search-bar/13471 "2023-06-21T12:19:37Z")

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Shapr3D should have a search bar, so that we can access our models easily. It would be very helpful.

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## [Folder-Structure for 2D-Drawings](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/folder-structure-for-2d-drawings/26405)

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**Author:** [@JulianEHV](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/JulianEHV)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2023, 9:29am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/folder-structure-for-2d-drawings/26405 "2023-06-21T09:29:08Z")

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Hi, I’m working as a Mechanical Engineer in the packaging industry. When I create my models, I use many different assembly groups, therefore a lot of different 2D drawings. It would be a great help, if I could organize …

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## [Custom 2d Template](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/custom-2d-template/23646)

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**Author:** [@Creative8eight](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Creative8eight)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2023, 8:34am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/custom-2d-template/23646 "2023-06-21T08:34:55Z")

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2d Drawings Really need to be able to fully custom own template rather than having to do this after exporting. I know there is a basic one but this isn’t right Also ability in 2d drawings to import a visual from Visual…

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## [Need Help Making Ambiguous Shapes Illusion](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/need-help-making-ambiguous-shapes-illusion/26402)

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**Author:** [@xtagon](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/xtagon)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2023, 6:55am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/need-help-making-ambiguous-shapes-illusion/26402 "2023-06-21T06:55:57Z")

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I’m attempting to learn how to use Shapr3D to design custom “ambiguous shape” illusions in the style of Kokichi Sugihara. Before I do any custom ones, I just want to make sure I know what tools to use to do a basic one,…

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## [Separates body - Export](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/separates-body-export/26386)

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**Author:** [@Alexa](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Alexa)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/separates-body-export/26386 "2023-06-20T15:56:32Z")

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Hi, looking for some advice. I’ve created a solid body design but when exporting somehow it separates it in two. The case is separated from the block with camera holes; even though shapr shows it as one body. Have…

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## [How can i remove the shadow of transparent object？](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-can-i-remove-the-shadow-of-transparent-object/26380)

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**Author:** [@Cas](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Cas)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2023, 12:33pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-can-i-remove-the-shadow-of-transparent-object/26380 "2023-06-20T12:33:23Z")

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I am drawing an optical setup with the laser beam, now I’m using a cylindrical transparent material to simulate the beam, how can I remove the shadow of this object? thanks

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