# Uneven Distribution of Particles

**URL:** <https://shapeworks.discourse.group/t/uneven-distribution-of-particles/392>\
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**Created:** [January 12, 2026, 6:29pm UTC](https://shapeworks.discourse.group/t/uneven-distribution-of-particles/392 "2026-01-12T18:29:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![DanF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5daacb/32.png) [@DanF](https://shapeworks.discourse.group/u/DanF)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 6:29pm UTC](https://shapeworks.discourse.group/t/uneven-distribution-of-particles/392/1 "2026-01-12T18:29:57Z")

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Hello,

I have been trying around in shapeworks studio for some time with pelvis models. However, it appears that most particles consistently remain on 1 side of the model with only a few distributing to the other side. I am curious if anyone has run into this problem before and any parameters they have used to fix it. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![amorris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@amorris](https://shapeworks.discourse.group/u/amorris)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2026, 8:43pm UTC](https://shapeworks.discourse.group/t/uneven-distribution-of-particles/392/2 "2026-01-14T20:43:56Z")

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I would recommend reducing the `initial weighting` to `0.01` and increasing the `iterations per split` to `2000` or more.