# CurveCut models have same number of points as original mesh

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/curvecut-models-have-same-number-of-points-as-original-mesh/40120>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [November 11, 2024, 11:34am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/curvecut-models-have-same-number-of-points-as-original-mesh/40120 "2024-11-11T11:34:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sunderlandkyl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/sunderlandkyl/32/79987_2.png) [@Sunderlandkyl](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Sunderlandkyl)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2024, 3:24pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/curvecut-models-have-same-number-of-points-as-original-mesh/40120/6 "2024-11-11T15:24:32Z")

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The same behavior happens with plane cut. All of the the points were left as-is to preserve point IDs: [Dynamic modeler plane cut type affecting number of points in output models - #3 by lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/dynamic-modeler-plane-cut-type-affecting-number-of-points-in-output-models/30915/3)

Closed PR here: [BUG: Remove unused points during plane cut by Sunderlandkyl · Pull Request #60 · Slicer/SlicerSurfaceToolbox · GitHub](https://github.com/Slicer/SlicerSurfaceToolbox/pull/60)

We decided to leave the behavior as it was, but if it proves to be a problem then we can update it or add a flag to the relevant tools to clean the output.

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