# Smooth tool smooths until a certain point, but not to the point where I want it to

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**Category:** Tips, Tutorials and Help\
**Created:** [May 9, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/smooth-tool-smooths-until-a-certain-point-but-not-to-the-point-where-i-want-it-to/6762 "2022-05-09T01:36:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Itsjustbusiness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/2acd7d/32.png) [@Itsjustbusiness](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/Itsjustbusiness)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/smooth-tool-smooths-until-a-certain-point-but-not-to-the-point-where-i-want-it-to/6762/1 "2022-05-09T01:36:09Z")

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Hello, I want to ease out the overlapping lines from the clay tool, and even with the smooth tool on max it smooths to a certain point but doesn’t fully relax the geometry. What’s something I could do to get the last wrinkles out?

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**Author:** ![RogerRoger](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.nomadsculpt.com/rogerroger/32/33580_2.png) [@RogerRoger](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/RogerRoger)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 5:25am UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/smooth-tool-smooths-until-a-certain-point-but-not-to-the-point-where-i-want-it-to/6762/2 "2022-05-09T05:25:49Z")

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What percentage is your smooth tool at? I believe you can take it all the way to 1,000,000%. If you can’t get something smooth at max, you’re problem isn’t the smooth tool.

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**Author:** ![Bezzo](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.nomadsculpt.com/bezzo/32/18150_2.png) [@Bezzo](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/Bezzo)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 9:22am UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/smooth-tool-smooths-until-a-certain-point-but-not-to-the-point-where-i-want-it-to/6762/3 "2022-05-09T09:22:45Z")

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I agree with Roger, but it’d be easier to tell if you post with mesh visible. If you’ve got a really dense, high-poly mesh then the smooth brush will still only get you so far, even on high intensity. Maybe you need to sub-brush/clay into the area or maybe flatten to get the crease out, especially if it’s super high poly - it looks like this is the case as you’re up at nearly 2mil vertices

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**Author:** ![MiniwattStudio](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.nomadsculpt.com/miniwattstudio/32/26197_2.png) [@MiniwattStudio](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/MiniwattStudio)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/smooth-tool-smooths-until-a-certain-point-but-not-to-the-point-where-i-want-it-to/6762/4 "2022-05-09T12:28:31Z")

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Lowering the subdivision while reducing the streng and size works for me 😊

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**Author:** ![Itsjustbusiness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/2acd7d/32.png) [@Itsjustbusiness](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/Itsjustbusiness)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 1:15pm UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/smooth-tool-smooths-until-a-certain-point-but-not-to-the-point-where-i-want-it-to/6762/5 "2022-05-09T13:15:37Z")

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I did not know you could continue to turn it up that high! That did help, I have the polys so high because I want the detail for 3D printing.

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