# Fix the faces so they are flat?
**URL:** https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/fix-the-faces-so-they-are-flat/7159
**Category:** Modeling Questions
**Created:** [April 11, 2020, 2:54am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/fix-the-faces-so-they-are-flat/7159 "2020-04-11T02:54:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@NetWhiz](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/NetWhiz)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2020, 2:54am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/fix-the-faces-so-they-are-flat/7159/1 "2020-04-11T02:54:51Z")
Can some please smooth the top and bottom faces of this mesh so they are flat? I have been trying for a very long time and I usually keep cutting away making a larger hole. I really need it to be smooth and both sides.
And if you could demo how you do it and/or an easy way to do it, that would be awesome!
Thank you.
[mask cap - solid.shapr](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/uploads/short-url/fSYmSunYSdKf9Tl2e4KIncMzcFI.shapr) (7.7 MB)
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### Author:  [@Victor\_Shapr3D](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Victor_Shapr3D)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/fix-the-faces-so-they-are-flat/7159/2 "2020-04-11T18:00:55Z")
Hi, please can you attach an image marking out the faces you want to flatten.
I see that there is a somewhat flat bottom surface and a shelled top surface.
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### Author:  [@NetWhiz](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/NetWhiz)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2020, 10:22pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/fix-the-faces-so-they-are-flat/7159/3 "2020-04-11T22:22:28Z")
Correct, those would be the two. There are remnants of a previous hole in the mesh I had to patch but it gives me issues still.
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### Author:  [@NetWhiz](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/NetWhiz)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2020, 8:39pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/fix-the-faces-so-they-are-flat/7159/4 "2020-04-12T20:39:10Z")
Here you go.
 
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### Author:  [@NetWhiz](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/NetWhiz)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/fix-the-faces-so-they-are-flat/7159/5 "2020-04-13T15:25:53Z")
Can anyone help? Please?
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### Author:  [@NetWhiz](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/NetWhiz)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/fix-the-faces-so-they-are-flat/7159/6 "2020-04-14T15:19:16Z")
I really need this fixed so I can post it. I have requests for a blank cap so they can design their own custom images to wear while working the frontlines.
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### Author:  [@MatDemers](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/MatDemers)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/fix-the-faces-so-they-are-flat/7159/7 "2020-04-14T18:28:40Z")
NetWhiz,
I’m not sure you can fix the mesh body. So I made a mirror copy of the mask that is now editable in Shapr3D. Let me know if you have any questions about how I created it.[Mask duplicate.shapr](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/uploads/short-url/snfN5ir4P6EEV7PjjsAPmNlnckl.shapr) (2.5 MB)
Hope that helps and I admire what you are doing.
v/r,
Mat
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### Author:  [@NetWhiz](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/NetWhiz)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/fix-the-faces-so-they-are-flat/7159/8 "2020-04-14T19:46:08Z")
Thank you.
Ok, I see you freehand sketched the base and extruded the mask. Gives me something to start with. I was hoping the dang mesh could be fixed. 😒
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### Author:  [@NetWhiz](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/NetWhiz)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2020, 8:48pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/fix-the-faces-so-they-are-flat/7159/9 "2020-04-14T20:48:50Z")
Well, the dimensions are off and I can not guarantee the fit now. Why does this have to be so hard? I just want to remove the bottom section and replace with a solid so it is flat. Ugh …
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### Author:  [@MatDemers](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/MatDemers)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2020, 10:14pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/fix-the-faces-so-they-are-flat/7159/10 "2020-04-14T22:14:55Z")
OK, Plan B. In this one I used an extrusion to remove the flat part of the mesh mask and replaced it with a Shapr3D body insert. This way the dimensions stay the same except for the flat part.
[Mask with Insert.shapr](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/uploads/short-url/d33e63XHYUsCSHxzBDqKqaFZZxK.shapr) (4.6 MB)
If this doesn’t work we can try Plan C.
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### Author:  [@NetWhiz](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/NetWhiz)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2020, 11:13pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/fix-the-faces-so-they-are-flat/7159/11 "2020-04-14T23:13:08Z")
I tried that before but I can not get surface to be flat without the small raised edges. This has the same thing. What is your plan C?
I am thinking to try to do slices of the surfaces the bottom but I am not versed enough in S3D yet.
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### Author:  [@MatDemers](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/MatDemers)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/fix-the-faces-so-they-are-flat/7159/12 "2020-04-15T00:06:19Z")
Check out this with Mask Cap - Solid (1) together with Insert (1).
[Mask v3.shapr](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/uploads/short-url/piwUSr4HLYcdYDnknLeaE6yEFzt.shapr) (4.6 MB)
The bottom surface should now be flat but there are some imperfections around the edges and inside.
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### Author:  [@NetWhiz](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/NetWhiz)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2020, 5:25am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/fix-the-faces-so-they-are-flat/7159/13 "2020-04-15T05:25:14Z")
Thank you for your time. Gave me some tricks for the future. I ended up breaking down and remaking the cap. Thankfully I still had enough references and measurements to get a pretty close approximation to the original.