# Organizing parametric modeling history

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/organizing-parametric-modeling-history/30453>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [February 20, 2024, 12:54pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/organizing-parametric-modeling-history/30453 "2024-02-20T12:54:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![gonmarzar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@gonmarzar](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/gonmarzar)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 12:54pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/organizing-parametric-modeling-history/30453/1 "2024-02-20T12:54:35Z")

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Hello,

I have been using parametric designs and so far it is working great. I love this new feature.  
An annoying development I came across is that the history, even after naming each step, can become quite cluttered.

Is there a way to organize it? like putting numerous successive steps within a folder or a group?

Again, everything is working great and my idea can be a bit nitpicking. However, I want to use shapr for larger projects that will have tons/hundreds of steps and having a way to organize and shorten the history would greatly sell me on using shapr more and more.

If you reached the end, thank you for reading.

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**Author:** ![em0sh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3da27b/32.png) [@em0sh](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/em0sh)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 10:52am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/organizing-parametric-modeling-history/30453/2 "2024-07-16T10:52:09Z")

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Seconded - NX functionality (feature groups) here is phenomenal.

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**Author:** ![ggltoddmiller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9c0ed/32.png) [@ggltoddmiller](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/ggltoddmiller)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 8:03pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/organizing-parametric-modeling-history/30453/3 "2024-11-12T20:03:09Z")

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Would be nice. My histories are long even after I select the item and see only relevant operations.

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**Author:** ![BKE](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/bke/32/31690_2.png) [@BKE](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/BKE)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 9:24pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/organizing-parametric-modeling-history/30453/4 "2024-11-12T21:24:26Z")

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(Cross post from earlier Gamma post)

Working on a more complicated projekt and tried to use the history to the full extent.

Besides the old wish for a reversed sorting of history, I would really find a possibility to create folders, or a label where you could collapse a history segment, not to set the order but to give the possibility to keep a long history less confusing going back and forth doing adjustments.

And how about a subtil color code for a segment in the pop-up menu? Faster and more obvious than renaming.

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**Author:** ![mruseless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8c91f0/32.png) [@mruseless](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/mruseless)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 4:21pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/organizing-parametric-modeling-history/30453/5 "2026-09-30T16:21:21Z")

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Would love more organization for the History sidepanel! Reverse sorting, as well as a folder structure would really help my workflow. I use Sharp3D for building custom furniture and cabinetry, and I try to do operations on a single part together when possible. Currently I have to name each step with the part/cabinet for clarity. However the names then often get too long to see the whole thing, and there is no way to make the sidebar wider!

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**Author:** ![BKE](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/bke/32/31690_2.png) [@BKE](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/BKE)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 7:04pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/organizing-parametric-modeling-history/30453/6 "2026-09-30T19:04:49Z")

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Also some interesting thoughts in this old thread

> [@History Tree 'invert option'](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/history-tree-invert-option/34804/22):
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> Another related crosspost As I work, or is at least aimed at working, organized and also usually export to other systems and renderers, I would benefit from the following. And maybe some other well-structured mind could find it useful. (Besides a description of items and their purpose I include a code for material as most render machines can search and replace texture/materials in incoming .x\_b., this would also benefit export-import of visualized parts in S3D.) A search of text in items li…

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**Author:** ![daniel.crk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19adc/32.png) [@daniel.crk](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/daniel.crk)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2026, 10:24am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/organizing-parametric-modeling-history/30453/7 "2026-10-04T10:24:38Z")

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I’ve also found myself wishing for this all the time. Being able to group history operations would make things so much easier to work with. For me, I wouldn’t then even need to name the individual steps as a group name would be enough to narrow things down.

I know it’s possible to isolate details which also filters the history, but I would much prefer being able to group steps manually, following my own mental model.