# Simplify mesh, project cleanup

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/simplify-mesh-project-cleanup/36226>\
**Category:** Feature requests\
**Created:** [January 25, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/simplify-mesh-project-cleanup/36226 "2025-01-25T23:07:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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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:** [January 25, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/simplify-mesh-project-cleanup/36226/1 "2025-01-25T23:07:12Z")

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Hi all,  
I have the Bambu Lab X1 Carbon printer. In Bambu Studio there is the simplify Mesh function. I can’t tell if it does anything. If it does work then is is so quick. My latest parts were going to take 14+ hours and by using the Simplify Mesh tool it went down to 11+hours. And then by selecting Sport speed mode it is now at 9+hours.  
1: Shapr3d needs a similar function.  
2: My Shapr3d Project that keeps crashing has 14,000+ Triangles I think it is called. I tried copying and deleting about 1/2 the project.;I had multiple versions in the same project file. I thought the “triangle” count would go down. But it did not affect anything.  
3: is there a project cleanup tool in Shapr3d? If not, there needs to be a way to cleanup the project files and consolidate as I can do in other apps.

Thank You

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**Author:** ![SCALEMODEL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@SCALEMODEL](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/SCALEMODEL)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2025, 5:30am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/simplify-mesh-project-cleanup/36226/2 "2025-01-26T05:30:27Z")

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The feature is kinda there.

You can modify the resolution level, but its pretty much useless who is going to input numbers, a slider with low, medium, high and show the triangle count.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/2/2/2239ae76d7a3f5a85aa37c52bd4d6f888c735eab.jpeg)

Also in Bambu Studio Simplify is lowering the resolution by taking away triangles to make bigger ones.

Check the Show wireframe and you can see what its doing.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/2/6/265e8d8248ecf317837a9e02288e644aeae45202.jpeg)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/9/7/9743451777b984f28a516a74f03ce3ab3d940acf.jpeg)

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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:** [January 28, 2025, 5:54pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/simplify-mesh-project-cleanup/36226/3 "2025-01-28T17:54:36Z")

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That is true that Bambu Studio is just deleting and creating bigger triangles and that is what I want. With my parts in this particular project I don’t need a high level of detail. But I can tell Bambu Studio the level of detail. I don’t think Shapr3d has a way to analyze the files/objects and allow the user to select the level of detail. The resolution at which you work in is not the solution. This is manly for ipad/computers that have slower processor. So every time I drag/modify something in shapr3d. I see this happening when The file/project load. You can see the triangle count going way up. Now at 15,000+. It just adds more triangles until it can’t handle it anymore and crashes. Just gets to big. With AI there need to be a way to manage this. Either automatically or by manually selecting the simply part tool or whatever shapr3d wants to call it.

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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:** [January 28, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/simplify-mesh-project-cleanup/36226/4 "2025-01-28T18:31:42Z")

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One more point that I hope the developer read. That’s why I mad such a long post so we can get this fixed and not just mask the real issue, here. So not an attach on you personally.  
I adjust the dimension of my simple wall parts back and forth, back and forth. Because I can’t get them to line up correctly. I tried making sure each parallel wall. Etc. is the exact same length. I started using the Right/left views and that helps, some. But the back and forth adjustment just adds more triangles to the mesh. Adding to what is a really simple shape into something that is very complex internally. With no way to keep it simple.

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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:** [January 28, 2025, 8:53pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/simplify-mesh-project-cleanup/36226/5 "2025-01-28T20:53:53Z")

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I don’t know if I fixed my Crashing of my project issue. But by asking Gemini AI it told me I could delete the history to help fix my slooowness issue. I don’t know if just deleting the history or deleting the linked sketches was the issue. Since I did both and I changed nothing else in my project setting. So far my moving around and the like is SOOOOO fast now. I was struggling for many days with this issue. So far I am very happy that I am back to peak performance.

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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:** [January 28, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/simplify-mesh-project-cleanup/36226/6 "2025-01-28T20:58:28Z")

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But it still would be nice to have a builtin mess/triangle consolidation tool like in bambu studio. That can work on multiple objects, one selects or just on one object that you want cleaned up…