# Tidying imported SubD - Geometry

**URL:** <https://forums.sketchup.com/t/tidying-imported-subd-geometry/274142>\
**Category:** SketchUp\
**Created:** [May 22, 2024, 4:39am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/tidying-imported-subd-geometry/274142 "2024-05-22T04:39:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![p226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e56c9b/32.png) [@p226](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/p226)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 4:39am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/tidying-imported-subd-geometry/274142/1 "2024-05-22T04:39:23Z")

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Greetings!  
is there a way or plugin to quickly soften/hide the imported edges ( all segmented edges) aside of holding SHIFT+Del ? Also, does SketchUp generally import better object transformed into Meshes?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![paul.millet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/paul.millet/32/236258_2.png) [@paul.millet](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/paul.millet)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 8:13am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/tidying-imported-subd-geometry/274142/2 "2024-05-22T08:13:33Z")

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hello,

select your object, right click (or ctrl click on mac) and pick soften/smooth edges or simply go to its dedicated dialog. check Soften coplanar and play with the angle between normals slider if needed.

You can also use cleanup³ by Thomthom, available in the extension warehouse (you’ll also need to install TT\_Lib² in order to use it)

about your last question, it is not clear. You need to tell us more : in which software do you want to transform objects into meshes before importing them in sketchup ?

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**Author:** ![p226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e56c9b/32.png) [@p226](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/p226)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/tidying-imported-subd-geometry/274142/3 "2024-05-23T10:24:04Z")

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thanks cleanup3 is nice plugin! regarding the 2nd question, the software I am importing from is Rhinoceros, and the geometries I would like to import are meshes, nurbs or subD

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**Author:** ![paul.millet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/paul.millet/32/236258_2.png) [@paul.millet](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/paul.millet)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 10:29am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/tidying-imported-subd-geometry/274142/4 "2024-05-23T10:29:12Z")

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i haven’t used rhino for 10 years or so, but apparently the right workflow is to convert surfaces into meshes and then use the REDUCEMESH command in rhino before exporting to avoid ending up with too complex geometry

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**Author:** ![p226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e56c9b/32.png) [@p226](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/p226)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 10:36am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/tidying-imported-subd-geometry/274142/5 "2024-05-23T10:36:48Z")

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good ! forget about the reduce mesh cmd ! thanks