# Opening multiple projects at once

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/opening-multiple-projects-at-once/31254>\
**Category:** Feature requests\
**Created:** [April 13, 2024, 3:02pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/opening-multiple-projects-at-once/31254 "2024-04-13T15:02:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![DawnVega](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@DawnVega](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/DawnVega)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2024, 3:02pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/opening-multiple-projects-at-once/31254/1 "2024-04-13T15:02:12Z")

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Im surprised that we cannot have multiple projects open at once on Macs. Seems a little bit absurd to me as I feel like that is a very basic feature missing from this program.

The ability to compare projects side by side and possibly copying/pasting bodies between projects would be so nice. It is so convoluted having to close and open projects if I want to go between them. Not to mention, how inefficient it is to export a project into its own file, to then have to import it into the file you want. Should just be a simple copy and paste.

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**Author:** ![Xdrakosha](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/xdrakosha/32/24881_2.png) [@Xdrakosha](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Xdrakosha)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/opening-multiple-projects-at-once/31254/2 "2024-04-13T16:49:30Z")

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That is not a full solution of your problem but you can open two (or more) instances of Shapr3D if you need them. Just copy the app and run them as two different apps.

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**Author:** ![TheBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@TheBum](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TheBum)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2024, 2:42am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/opening-multiple-projects-at-once/31254/3 "2024-04-14T02:42:27Z")

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I’m not sure what that’ll do for cloud sync though.

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**Author:** ![Xdrakosha](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/xdrakosha/32/24881_2.png) [@Xdrakosha](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Xdrakosha)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2024, 5:14am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/opening-multiple-projects-at-once/31254/4 "2024-04-14T05:14:23Z")

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Just don’t open one workspace in both copy and everything will be ok. I did that a couple of times already when using old project for reference while creating new one.

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**Author:** ![zach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/51bf81/32.png) [@zach](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/zach)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 6:58am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/opening-multiple-projects-at-once/31254/5 "2024-10-16T06:58:04Z")

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You mean duplicate a 2.1GB Shapr3D.app so I can open two projects simultaneously? And if I need to open three at once, I need to have three 2.1GB .apps sitting on my hard drive?

I agree with DawnVega, opening multiple projects at once is a very basic feature missing from Shapr3D.

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**Author:** ![LewisB](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/lewisb/32/16201_2.png) [@LewisB](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/LewisB)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/opening-multiple-projects-at-once/31254/6 "2024-10-16T21:26:22Z")

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I think he is suggesting running the application twice, I.e. two running instances, not two different installations.

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**Author:** ![andrewmead](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/andrewmead/32/34693_2.png) [@andrewmead](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/andrewmead)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 4:01pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/opening-multiple-projects-at-once/31254/7 "2026-06-18T16:01:04Z")

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I would love to see support for this.

I’d like to be able to open multiple tabs (or windows) so I can have multiple projects open at once.

It’s a chore to switch from my current project to an old one to grab a measurement or dimension. I’d love to be able to flip between quickly.