# Import a .shapr ignores groups content

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/import-a-shapr-ignores-groups-content/1867>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [December 18, 2017, 8:07am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/import-a-shapr-ignores-groups-content/1867 "2017-12-18T08:07:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![anton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@anton](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/anton)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 8:07am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/import-a-shapr-ignores-groups-content/1867/1 "2017-12-18T08:07:21Z")

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Hi all,

First, thanks for this great app!

I noticed an unexpected behavior that when importing a .shapr file which contains shapes in groups, then after import all shapes always appear in the first group - so the previously created sorting into groups is destroyed.  
I’ve uploaded an examplaric file, which has two shapes each in a group. After import all shapes are in the same first group.

Best,  
Anton  
[TriQuad.shapr](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/b/b5cc1f7dca4f090f08a1fe9e1babdad6eaf9ac60.shapr) (412 KB)

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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:** [December 18, 2017, 8:33am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/import-a-shapr-ignores-groups-content/1867/2 "2017-12-18T08:33:14Z")

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Hi Anton,

That’s a good catch, thanks for reporting it! We will fix it ASAP.

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**Author:** ![mautos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@mautos](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/mautos)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 7:09pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/import-a-shapr-ignores-groups-content/1867/3 "2018-12-04T19:09:46Z")

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I experienced the same behaviour when exporting/importing using XT format. Is this issue fixed for others formats or do we have an estimated date?

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**Author:** ![eSYS](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/esys/32/3903_2.png) [@eSYS](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/eSYS)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 2:08pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/import-a-shapr-ignores-groups-content/1867/4 "2020-08-27T14:08:36Z")

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Shapr3D files can’t be imported to a folder! All objects are spread in top group. At least you could automatically select the imported items so that we could place them in a folder. And why can’t we import directly from current designs? We need to save to a file and then import.