# LOD Recipe - Simple LOD chain

Run the editor and open the content browser.

Click Add New / Simplygon / LOD Recipe and type a name.

New LOD Recipe

Open the LOD Recipe editor by double clicking the new asset.

Add a mesh using Add Mesh in the toolbar.

Add Mesh

Change Number of LODs to 3.

Add Mesh

Select Reduction Pipeline for both LOD1 and LOD2 using the combobox.

Select reduction pipeline

Expand LOD2 and navigate to Settings / Reduction Settings / Reduction Target Triangle Ratio and change the value to 0.25.

LOD2 reduction ratio

Save the asset.

Press the Build button in the toolbar to generate the LOD chain.