# Slow processing/loading - I've tried whats on other posts

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**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [May 18, 2024, 11:58am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/slow-processing-loading-ive-tried-whats-on-other-posts/31989 "2024-05-18T11:58:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Creative8eight](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/creative8eight/32/15379_2.png) [@Creative8eight](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Creative8eight)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 11:58am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/slow-processing-loading-ive-tried-whats-on-other-posts/31989/1 "2024-05-18T11:58:48Z")

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I have a Microsoft surface 16gb Intel(R) Core™ i7-8650U CPU @ 1.90GHz 2.11 GHz

but recently on two PCs its starting to time out for 3 secs when moving an item , fairly simple drawings. Is this the parametric update that means I need a higher spec

This is what ive tried below

Ive deleted off alot fo open projects which did help  
Ive reinstalled etc  
I have set priority high for program  
I’ve deleted sketches that were irrelevant  
Tried exporting the file and then loading into a new drawing

I do have some step files loaded from other files sent but dont think this should be issue

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**Author:** ![markus.havrda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@markus.havrda](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/markus.havrda)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/slow-processing-loading-ive-tried-whats-on-other-posts/31989/2 "2024-05-18T17:30:09Z")

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I also notice that the program has become very slow - I even have the impression that it is getting slower month by month. I have a very fast computer, but I have already deleted many projects externally and tried to keep Shapr3D lean and clean. Unfortunately, the promised performance improvement is not kept with every update.  
Creating a bottle or a simple model has nothing to do with work - Shapr3D is unfortunately becoming a pure hobby application.

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**Author:** ![Creative8eight](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/creative8eight/32/15379_2.png) [@Creative8eight](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Creative8eight)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/slow-processing-loading-ive-tried-whats-on-other-posts/31989/3 "2024-05-21T15:49:59Z")

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Appears the issue is loading Step files, the size are far bigger than shapr files

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**Author:** ![APDesignMachine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e495f1/32.png) [@APDesignMachine](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/APDesignMachine)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/slow-processing-loading-ive-tried-whats-on-other-posts/31989/4 "2024-05-21T17:09:41Z")

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Step usually has more info in it but is the most common file sharing format.

I’ll usually open a new project, import the step so it’s quick since there’s nothing else, then export as x\_t, usually gets a smaller file size. Then import the x\_t into the project.

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**Author:** ![Creative8eight](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/creative8eight/32/15379_2.png) [@Creative8eight](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Creative8eight)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 5:41pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/slow-processing-loading-ive-tried-whats-on-other-posts/31989/5 "2024-05-21T17:41:28Z")

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Awesome, thanks, will gove that a go

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**Author:** ![Oregonerd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/oregonerd/32/8012_2.png) [@Oregonerd](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Oregonerd)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 3:15am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/slow-processing-loading-ive-tried-whats-on-other-posts/31989/6 "2024-05-22T03:15:46Z")

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Just did a test on my Surface 6 i5 8gig. I made 4 circular arrays with extruded twisted ovals, octogons, cones etc. each with boolean cuts on all objects 211 bodies and I am impressed how little lag there is. Boolean operation on there last array took about 5 seconds. CPU usage about 60 percent. Ram used 6.4 gigs. A little warm and email, browser running in the background. I did this before reading this post. Version 5.620.6941.0 #ae8fa4af

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**Author:** ![Creative8eight](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/creative8eight/32/15379_2.png) [@Creative8eight](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Creative8eight)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 6:14am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/slow-processing-loading-ive-tried-whats-on-other-posts/31989/7 "2024-05-22T06:14:27Z")

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Did realsie we are on 6 for suface, love the laptops, but yeah makes sense, issue is a dupplicate simple forms for creating lighting designs sonthatvwill be why. If drawn in shaper it would be 10% that size

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**Author:** ![Creative8eight](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/creative8eight/32/15379_2.png) [@Creative8eight](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Creative8eight)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/slow-processing-loading-ive-tried-whats-on-other-posts/31989/8 "2024-06-07T17:02:58Z")

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Still having issues with speed etc, anyone got suggestions, is it due to cloud loading? @Shapr3d

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**Author:** ![Creative8eight](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/creative8eight/32/15379_2.png) [@Creative8eight](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Creative8eight)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2024, 10:45am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/slow-processing-loading-ive-tried-whats-on-other-posts/31989/9 "2024-06-11T10:45:17Z")

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I must have missed this, but didnt realise on history you can delete, and merge, doing this has increased the speed lots

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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:** [June 11, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/slow-processing-loading-ive-tried-whats-on-other-posts/31989/10 "2024-06-11T15:50:58Z")

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It’s only been possible for a few weeks.