# Scan & Post Process ideal settings for laser cutting only

**URL:** <https://forum.einstar.com/t/scan-post-process-ideal-settings-for-laser-cutting-only/946>\
**Category:** Support\
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**Created:** [March 19, 2025, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.einstar.com/t/scan-post-process-ideal-settings-for-laser-cutting-only/946 "2025-03-19T18:10:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![rrknapp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dc4da7/32.png) [@rrknapp](https://forum.einstar.com/u/rrknapp)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.einstar.com/t/scan-post-process-ideal-settings-for-laser-cutting-only/946/1 "2025-03-19T18:10:48Z")

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I’m scanning car door panels in order to make patterns for covering them with leather/vinyl. The patterns will be flattened and load into a laser cutter to cut individual pieces. I’m using Shining and EXStar. The file size is hugh for 1 door panel. 12GB after Point Clounds and b4 mesh. My scan res is 1mm. Can someone give guidance/best practices/settings to help keep file sizes down. Each door panel will likely be broken into 5 separate pieces/patterns.

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**Author:** ![EINSTAR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forum.einstar.com/einstar/32/8_2.png) [@EINSTAR](https://forum.einstar.com/u/EINSTAR)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 1:20am UTC](https://forum.einstar.com/t/scan-post-process-ideal-settings-for-laser-cutting-only/946/2 "2025-03-20T01:20:02Z")

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Hi,  
You can use the simplification function in mesh editing to reduce the size of meshed model. It should be noted that some details will be lost after a high degree of simplification, You may want to try it to see the effect and find a balance between file size and details.

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