# Exporting as OBJ results in hundreds of bodies

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/exporting-as-obj-results-in-hundreds-of-bodies/21077>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [August 24, 2022, 1:11pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/exporting-as-obj-results-in-hundreds-of-bodies/21077 "2022-08-24T13:11:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stephen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/stephen/32/16350_2.png) [@Stephen](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Stephen)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2022, 1:11pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/exporting-as-obj-results-in-hundreds-of-bodies/21077/1 "2022-08-24T13:11:18Z")

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Exporting as OBJ gives me an object with hundred of parts. For instance, the main body of this machine is one part in Shapr, but when I export to Nomad or ZBrush it is hundreds of parts.  
Is there a way to change this?

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**Author:** ![Stephen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/stephen/32/16350_2.png) [@Stephen](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Stephen)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 3:36am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/exporting-as-obj-results-in-hundreds-of-bodies/21077/3 "2022-08-25T03:36:13Z")

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I think this is a bug as it only started happening after the release before 5.2.

Also it is happening with exported STEP files. Main single piece bodies showing as hundreds of separate items.

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**Author:** ![Stephen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/stephen/32/16350_2.png) [@Stephen](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Stephen)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 12:49pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/exporting-as-obj-results-in-hundreds-of-bodies/21077/4 "2022-08-25T12:49:25Z")

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This is so annoying. Here is a single body exported as a STEP file from Shapr3D and opened in Cadmio. I get the same problem exporting as OBJ to open in Nomad, ZBrush etc.

Basically the single body is showing as hundreds of parts after export. If I click on them in the list they highlight on the model. This wasn’t happening until I think the Shapr update before 5.2. Is there a way to overcome this?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/6/d/6df470ad929165da3a69e01efdde0f546c64117e.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Stephen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/stephen/32/16350_2.png) [@Stephen](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Stephen)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 12:57pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/exporting-as-obj-results-in-hundreds-of-bodies/21077/5 "2022-08-25T12:57:51Z")

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This behaviour doesn’t happen on projects I finished ands exported as STEP files before early in July. As you can see, the parts are all named as single items as I did them originally, including items in folders. None of the items are showing comprised as hundreds of parts.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/7/b/7b67b2ac21673c60c36208958747ae17a4c3e779.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Istvan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/istvan/32/23668_2.png) [@Istvan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Istvan)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 1:06pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/exporting-as-obj-results-in-hundreds-of-bodies/21077/6 "2022-08-25T13:06:18Z")

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I understand that these coincidences might make it seem like this is an issue in Shapr3D, but this is a bug in cadmio’s data translation. I don’t know why nomad is importing OBJs as faces, but these are unrelated issues.

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**Author:** ![Stephen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/stephen/32/16350_2.png) [@Stephen](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Stephen)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 4:10pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/exporting-as-obj-results-in-hundreds-of-bodies/21077/7 "2022-08-25T16:10:01Z")

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Thanks Istvan. I’ll send bug reports to Nomad, ZBrush and Cadmio and see if they can shed light on it.

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**Author:** ![Stephen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/stephen/32/16350_2.png) [@Stephen](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Stephen)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/exporting-as-obj-results-in-hundreds-of-bodies/21077/8 "2022-08-26T19:51:47Z")

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For now I’ve overcome the problem by putting the main body into a folder, so I can then do a simple merge before prepping for UV mapping.

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**Author:** ![lforbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@lforbes](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/lforbes)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 6:17pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/exporting-as-obj-results-in-hundreds-of-bodies/21077/9 "2022-08-29T18:17:22Z")

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What happens when you import into Blender?

I never update for 6 months after an update is released on my daily driver. As a beta tester for many applications, I have learned to let them fix the bugs first.