Maintaining hard edges on parts

Transmutr General
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Hi,

I just purchased Transmutr and I’m trying to simplify some models of our industrial plants. The problem is that all hard edged parts turn into blobby shapes when I try to reduce the compexity? What is happening is that a flange which is a round piece of thick metal with bolts holding it to another one, is turning into a melted looking flange. Do I have to explode all objects first before reducing the complexity?

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Hi @Barry

There’s currently no option to specifically preserve angles during the simplification process.

There’s a “Preserve UV seams” option that might be useful if your models are textured and seams are placed appropriately though.

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Hi Merwan,

Thanks for your reply. Do you have any plans to add STEP file import capability?

Thanks,

Barry

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No, we have no plan to add STEP as an import format.