# 5.30 - A feast for industrial designers and Wacom users

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/5-30-a-feast-for-industrial-designers-and-wacom-users/16382>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [December 16, 2021, 5:20pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/5-30-a-feast-for-industrial-designers-and-wacom-users/16382 "2021-12-16T17:20:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![daniel.szucs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/daniel.szucs/32/12489_2.png) [@daniel.szucs](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/daniel.szucs)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 5:20pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/5-30-a-feast-for-industrial-designers-and-wacom-users/16382/1 "2021-12-16T17:20:16Z")

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Hey everyone 🎈

_Gear up with a handful of new features, custom-built for industrial designers._ With advanced circular fillet options and surface continuity settings, you can perfect every surface and corner of your product.

 ![Zebra - Windows](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/f/fb2bfe055cbfea264dd0a3fdb926eb46c8b6414f.jpeg)

This update also makes strides in [Wacom pen interaction](https://support.shapr3d.com/hc/en-us/articles/4412449431570-FAQ-Wacom-pen-tablets-and-displays) and ease-of-use for an even smoother experience. We also unleashed a tutorial tailored to our pen tablet users, so you can get familiar with the app even quicker.

While you’re at it, knock yourself out with these other highlights:

- **New:** Switch on horizontal or vertical zebra stripes to show the curvature of solids in your design space.
- **New:** Put the new [Text tool](https://support.shapr3d.com/hc/en-us/articles/4412439972882-How-do-I-add-text-to-my-model-) to the test. Type away with your keyboard to convert text into 2D sketches, so you can label your 3D models directly.  
 ![Sketch from Text - Windows 4](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/5/5088ee50694ae1e61d58b6f22f7d1f80a1902e09.jpeg)
- **New:** Need any pointers? Try out the new **Learn** tab, where you can stay up to date with the latest Shapr3D news, and find tutorials, workflow tips, and inspiring user stories. From the **Learn** tab, the [Manual](https://support.shapr3d.com/hc/en-us/categories/360003094500-Shapr3D-for-Windows) and [Shapr3D Forums](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/c/shapr3d-for-windows/22) are always at your fingertips.
- **New:** Instead of tapping a design thumbnail twice to open the related design space, just tap once with your finger.
- **Fixed:** We tinkered with the backend to improve stability in certain scenarios, such as adding a centermark to a 2D drawing’s circular centerline, or pressing Enter while sketching.
- **Fixed:** When you import your 2D drawing in DXF or DWG file format into other 3D modeling software, the units will stay in their specified format.
- **Fixed:** Sketch with ease by right-clicking a face twice to jump into sketching mode. And, navigate the design space smoothly without worrying about uneven camera movements.

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**Author:** ![daniel.szucs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/daniel.szucs/32/12489_2.png) [@daniel.szucs](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/daniel.szucs)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 5:22pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/5-30-a-feast-for-industrial-designers-and-wacom-users/16382/2 "2021-12-16T17:22:47Z")

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**Author:** ![Laci\_K](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/laci_k/32/8196_2.png) [@Laci\_K](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Laci_K)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/5-30-a-feast-for-industrial-designers-and-wacom-users/16382/3 "2021-12-16T17:33:23Z")

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@danno11 😉

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**Author:** ![Xiamen0592](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/xiamen0592/32/12386_2.png) [@Xiamen0592](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Xiamen0592)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 3:41am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/5-30-a-feast-for-industrial-designers-and-wacom-users/16382/4 "2021-12-17T03:41:25Z")

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Thanks a lot!

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**Author:** ![NathanD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/dec6dc/32.png) [@NathanD](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/NathanD)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 4:51am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/5-30-a-feast-for-industrial-designers-and-wacom-users/16382/5 "2021-12-17T04:51:24Z")

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Is navigation with a Wacom pen tablet going to be possible in the future using touch gestures, or is this only going to be a capability of pen screens?

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Gy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/peter_gy/32/9251_2.png) [@Peter\_Gy](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Peter_Gy)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 9:53am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/5-30-a-feast-for-industrial-designers-and-wacom-users/16382/6 "2021-12-20T09:53:52Z")

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Hey Nathan!

Right now it’s only pen screens. We’d really _love_ to add full touchscreen-like view navigation on Wacom pen tablets. There are serious technical difficulties though(\*) and we are working with Wacom engineers on solving them. I can’t promise anything at the moment apart from letting you know if we make any progress and making sure you’ll be amongst the first to test it.

I know we discussed this when we spoke a few weeks ago but I can’t find it in my notes: do you use touch on your Wacom tablet in any apps?

\*: If you are interested in technical details: both our Windows and our Mac apps run in a sandbox (UWP and Catalyst, respectively) and to be able to go beyond treating the pen tablet as a touchpad and use custom gestures we’d need raw access to the driver – which we simply don’t have from within the sandbox. There are workarounds available for this, but they’re far from trivial, so it’ll take some time to test them.

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**Author:** ![NathanD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/dec6dc/32.png) [@NathanD](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/NathanD)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 6:38pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/5-30-a-feast-for-industrial-designers-and-wacom-users/16382/7 "2021-12-20T18:38:42Z")

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Hey Peter,

I do use the tablet for basic navigation in photoshop and other similar 2D apps (pinch to zoom, scroll, rotate, etc.)  
I also use it with the Apple gestures for the OS.

In my use case I use a 3Dconnection mouse with Shapr3d on Mac, along with the Intuos tablet, so lack of 3D navigation on the tablet isn’t a drawback for me.

However if someone is only using the tablet, it would be a huge advantage to have the same navigation capability as the iPad or other touch screen devices.

There’s a lot of peripheral expenses in my setup but I already had them for other apps and figured I’d give it a go.

Of course this is only my experience, others may have a different approach.