# How to turn visualisation off?

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-turn-visualisation-off/19280>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [May 10, 2022, 10:40pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-turn-visualisation-off/19280 "2022-05-10T22:40:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 16\
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**Author:** ![Andrew1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Andrew1](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Andrew1)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 10:40pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-turn-visualisation-off/19280/1 "2022-05-10T22:40:55Z")

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How do I get visualisation off my screen ? all I wanted was a simple colour change to a body and now I have a visualisation pane on the right that will not go away.

Is this a Mac only problem ?

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**Author:** ![welshsteve](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/welshsteve/32/16111_2.png) [@welshsteve](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/welshsteve)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 12:43am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-turn-visualisation-off/19280/2 "2022-05-11T00:43:46Z")

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I don’t have this issue on my MacBook Air M1. I simply click the ‘\<’ at the top of the screen to return to the design screen.

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/9/e/9ed93c6d75c526d99907d98c2015a0671f489c6b.jpeg "Return to design screen HD 1080p") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0zTAdqloaA)

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**Author:** ![Andrew1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Andrew1](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Andrew1)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 1:21am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-turn-visualisation-off/19280/3 "2022-05-11T01:21:06Z")

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Thanks - that works. I was looking around the right side of the screen, all the other controls are over there.

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**Author:** ![Danby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/35a633/32.png) [@Danby](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Danby)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 5:06am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-turn-visualisation-off/19280/4 "2022-07-27T05:06:30Z")

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Thank you @welshsteve, I’m a new user, and I had the same exact question. I looked all over for some way to get out of visualization mode, and finally exited the program to make it happen. (That worked, but I wanted a faster solution!)

My feedback: the left arrow isn’t that intuitive, at least not to me or @Andrew1.

A suggestion: going into visualization mode on my mac, I went to tools/visualize and clicked that menu option which turned on that mode. When I was trying to figure out how to turn it off, one thing I tried was going back to the same place. Some apps show a checkmark when a mode mode is on, in that case re-selecting the same menu option toggles the same mode back off.

The back arrow is faster than pulling down a menu, but less intuitive. Maybe there’s an even more intuitive approach that someone can think of someday, but for now I’d suggest enabling both options to reduce frustration for new users.

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**Author:** ![Er1k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@Er1k](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Er1k)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 10:21am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-turn-visualisation-off/19280/5 "2023-05-05T10:21:48Z")

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Right. And now there’s not even an arrow to exit visualisation mode. Shapr3D, really?

 ![Screenshot 2023-05-05 at 11.12.33](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/5/6/561cfd5a18ed791ac5d7e5a572ccd69d64e1ee59.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Laci\_K](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/laci_k/32/8196_2.png) [@Laci\_K](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Laci_K)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 10:26am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-turn-visualisation-off/19280/6 "2023-05-05T10:26:30Z")

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You can switch between spaces with the buttons on the left side.

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**Author:** ![Er1k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@Er1k](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Er1k)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 10:38am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-turn-visualisation-off/19280/7 "2023-05-05T10:38:44Z")

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Which buttons exactly? Neither one of these exits visualisation mode.

![Screenshot 2023-05-05 at 11.33.06](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/8/d/8d5950e124f2b78cd74e1a2043bf9a0818693ecc.png)

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**Author:** ![Er1k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@Er1k](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Er1k)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 10:38am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-turn-visualisation-off/19280/8 "2023-05-05T10:38:46Z")

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Another screenshot, covering more of the window. I remember the \< in a previous version before, it’s gone now though.

 ![Screenshot 2023-05-05 at 11.34.37](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/7/0/703568abfad6f36a23b58e7732e0d369fae79a1b.png)

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**Author:** ![Laci\_K](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/laci_k/32/8196_2.png) [@Laci\_K](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Laci_K)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 10:43am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-turn-visualisation-off/19280/9 "2023-05-05T10:43:01Z")

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These ones

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/9/3/9389c711c7e6da165609f357ee6ee996b3678136.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Er1k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@Er1k](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Er1k)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 11:05am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-turn-visualisation-off/19280/10 "2023-05-05T11:05:36Z")

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Ah I see, thanks. A little counterintuitive after entering visualisation mode. It would make more sense to be consistent throughout the app, similar to how you enter isolation mode, and a little exit popup at the very top.

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**Author:** ![Laci\_K](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/laci_k/32/8196_2.png) [@Laci\_K](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Laci_K)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 11:07am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-turn-visualisation-off/19280/11 "2023-05-05T11:07:53Z")

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They are quite different, as Isolation mode is a tool, while we consider both Visualization and Drawing a “space” separate from the modeling space, with their own specific sidebars and tools.

How we handle isolation right now is actually not optimal, and we will revisit it in the coming months.

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**Author:** ![Johngerard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/90db22/32.png) [@Johngerard](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Johngerard)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 4:08pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-turn-visualisation-off/19280/13 "2024-06-03T16:08:36Z")

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I would second others that there needs to be an easy way on my iPad Pro M2 to exit Visualization mode. That can’t be that difficult… In my ruff memory I think there use to be a button of sorts the exited visualization once I learned what button that was. There should not be an excuse that this needs to be so hard. We all love Shapr3D because of how powerful and easy this app is to use.

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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:** [June 4, 2024, 2:14am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-turn-visualisation-off/19280/14 "2024-06-04T02:14:13Z")

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It’s weird because it wasn’t long before that new pointless window on the left was introduced that they gave us simple buttons to jump between and then quickly got rid of it.

I really wish the 3 modes were just simple buttons again. It’s so counterintuitive clicking on a button that says ‘Modelling’ (when you’re already in the modelling window) to find Visualisation and your drawings. There’s so much space along the top that could be used and the window could appear only when you click a 2D drawings button instead.

I remember doing a usability test before they added it and telling them that it felt like a step backwards and then being disappointed when it made it into the software permanently.

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**Author:** ![APDesignMachine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e495f1/32.png) [@APDesignMachine](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/APDesignMachine)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 4:12am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-turn-visualisation-off/19280/15 "2024-06-04T04:12:18Z")

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I like that I can be in modeling, select visualize from the functions bar…. But I then hate that I have to go to a different part of the screen (iPad) and re-select modeling to go back. Completely agree that a simple icon menu to toggle between sketch, modeling, visualization and drawing (the 4 main functional workflows) would be ideal. Would also eliminate the need for the items filter and be more intuitive.

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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:** [June 4, 2024, 4:17am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-turn-visualisation-off/19280/16 "2024-06-04T04:17:02Z")

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I’m not sure that sketching and modelling would need to be separate as they’re done in the same workspace.

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**Author:** ![APDesignMachine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e495f1/32.png) [@APDesignMachine](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/APDesignMachine)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 4:40am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-turn-visualisation-off/19280/17 "2024-06-04T04:40:12Z")

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Shapr actually treats them as different workspaces with their own functions, at least that’s what I’ve taken from their responses. That’s the only reason I suggested the 4.