# Import a scan to check for clearances

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/import-a-scan-to-check-for-clearances/18116>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [March 18, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/import-a-scan-to-check-for-clearances/18116 "2022-03-18T14:02:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Matrhode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@Matrhode](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Matrhode)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/import-a-scan-to-check-for-clearances/18116/1 "2022-03-18T14:02:12Z")

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Good morning I’d like to scan a few items that are on my desk. I’d like to take the scan file, import it into shapr3d. Is it possible to use the scan as an overlay in my model? Ultimately I’d like this to be used as a check for clearances. Gross clearances as such for wire routing, nothing like precision machine tolerances. I am currently running the software on an iPad Pro. Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![McD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/mcd/32/15504_2.png) [@McD](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/McD)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 2:21pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/import-a-scan-to-check-for-clearances/18116/2 "2022-03-18T14:21:15Z")

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I scan objects with an Artec3D Space Spyder and import them into Shapr3D. Limited editing can be done to the object, such as holes, scaling, and shaving sides. Individual surfaces however are not extendable for example.