# Drawing Limitation Issues

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/drawing-limitation-issues/24625>\
**Category:** Share your creations\
**Created:** [March 8, 2023, 2:39am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/drawing-limitation-issues/24625 "2023-03-08T02:39:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Jwhittaker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/jwhittaker/32/9819_2.png) [@Jwhittaker](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Jwhittaker)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 2:39am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/drawing-limitation-issues/24625/1 "2023-03-08T02:39:31Z")

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I am creating an air cleaner and created the image of the filter and housing and each time I go into the drawing I can’t change anything, i tried to upload the document and its 130mb so I included a Dropbox link. [Air Cleaner 2 download](https://www.dropbox.com/s/5xs8s3cy74q51cd/Air%20Cleaner%202.shapr?dl=0)

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**Author:** ![NathanD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/dec6dc/32.png) [@NathanD](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/NathanD)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 3:11am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/drawing-limitation-issues/24625/2 "2023-03-08T03:11:44Z")

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Hi @Jwhittaker , what exactly can’t you change?

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**Author:** ![NathanD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/dec6dc/32.png) [@NathanD](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/NathanD)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 3:23am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/drawing-limitation-issues/24625/3 "2023-03-08T03:23:54Z")

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Note: the body that makes up the “mesh” of your filter is made up of very complex geometry. I tried to add that body to the drawing and it crashed the app.

I would suggest hiding the “mesh” and just modeling a basic cylinder or similar to represent the wire mesh, unless you need the actual wire mesh model shown for manufacturing purposes (additive manufacturing).

You could annotate a generic body in the drawing as being the wire mesh. Again, just a suggestion.

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**Author:** ![Jwhittaker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/jwhittaker/32/9819_2.png) [@Jwhittaker](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Jwhittaker)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 4:27am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/drawing-limitation-issues/24625/4 "2023-03-08T04:27:10Z")

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Thank you, I was trying to create a realistic representation of the filter, didn’t realize the limitation of the program. I guess 25,900 triangles in a total of 48 1/2” rings was too much.

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**Author:** ![symonty](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/symonty/32/6270_2.png) [@symonty](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/symonty)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 7:31am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/drawing-limitation-issues/24625/5 "2023-03-08T07:31:12Z")

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I was able to open and edit on my Macbook pro M1 Max 64GB ram.  
Maybe it is a resource issue.

That mesh is crazy complex!

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**Author:** ![NathanD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/dec6dc/32.png) [@NathanD](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/NathanD)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 4:44am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/drawing-limitation-issues/24625/6 "2023-03-09T04:44:56Z")

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Were you able to make a dimensioned drawing from the mesh pattern?