# Design split into two

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/design-split-into-two/26548>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [July 2, 2023, 5:42pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/design-split-into-two/26548 "2023-07-02T17:42:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![dmills541](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@dmills541](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/dmills541)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2023, 5:42pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/design-split-into-two/26548/1 "2023-07-02T17:42:03Z")

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I had a update when i opened up the program and afterwards a design i have been working on with two main pieces to the part was separated into two separate designs. No longer in the same design space so i cannot work simultaneously on the whole design without exiting one design space and opening the other as two separate projects. Has anyone experienced this issue?

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**Author:** ![Shaun](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/shaun/32/18786_2.png) [@Shaun](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Shaun)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2023, 1:23pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/design-split-into-two/26548/2 "2023-07-03T13:23:36Z")

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Never heard of this before, can you show us screenshots?

Can you not export one of the designs into Shapr format and import it back into the other one?

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**Author:** ![dmills541](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@dmills541](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/dmills541)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 12:09pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/design-split-into-two/26548/3 "2023-07-04T12:09:03Z")

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Thanks. Exporting one of the two as a shaper project and importing it to the correct project works fine but id love to know if I inadvertently caused the issue or was it a random glitch in the software. Its never happened before, if I can avoid this in the future I’d like to know lol.