# What does red mean?

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**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [March 10, 2024, 7:36pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/what-does-red-mean/30716 "2024-03-10T19:36:29Z")\
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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:** [March 10, 2024, 7:36pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/what-does-red-mean/30716/1 "2024-03-10T19:36:29Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/3/9/3941f3b1a646f38cdfa2e9f9858f51dd3a583615.png)

I see that from time to time but don’t know what does it mean.

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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:** [March 10, 2024, 8:35pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/what-does-red-mean/30716/2 "2024-03-10T20:35:27Z")

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It just means there was an error in an imported object file. I rarely have any issues with such objects.

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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:** [March 10, 2024, 9:02pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/what-does-red-mean/30716/3 "2024-03-10T21:02:03Z")

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> [@TheBum](#):
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> error in an imported object

This is solid body made in Shapr3D.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/0/a/0a9c935567a4456bd859935b90f1d1ed1a6acdae.jpeg)

So the question is how to understand where is the error and how to correct it.

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**Author:** ![PEC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@PEC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/PEC)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2024, 9:12am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/what-does-red-mean/30716/4 "2024-03-12T09:12:44Z")

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Hi @Xdrakosha

My understanding is the red color indicates that the geometry exceeds certains limits’ especially curvature limit. This happens when fillets are wider than the face they are rounding, or if you twist a body too much.

Please have a look at this post [Inserted Step file - #2 by PEC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/inserted-step-file/30101/2)

On way to find the root cause is to insert breakpoint in the history to redo step by step the creation of the body, identify the step involved, and then edit the operation’s parameters until the red color disappears.

Hope it helps.  
Pec

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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:** [March 12, 2024, 10:15am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/what-does-red-mean/30716/5 "2024-03-12T10:15:20Z")

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Thanks. That helped. I found the problem place and corrected it.

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/3/3/33b1541361171ca6d408c7c4195fdf5e6d3a5fd9.png)