# ALPHANADO - 'Alpha City' - (a work in progress)

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/alphanado-alpha-city-a-work-in-progress/19279>\
**Category:** Share your creations\
**Created:** [May 10, 2022, 9:11pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/alphanado-alpha-city-a-work-in-progress/19279 "2022-05-10T21:11:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![welshsteve](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/welshsteve/32/16111_2.png) [@welshsteve](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/welshsteve)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 9:11pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/alphanado-alpha-city-a-work-in-progress/19279/1 "2022-05-10T21:11:00Z")

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A few images from a project I’m working on.

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/5/8/58b9eea26d1f413408a2f7b76450f0b6dba70450.jpeg "Alpha City HD 1080p") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOdBgjB-KuQ)

Not the most detailed models but just enough for a short animation I’m preparing for my ‘ALPHANDO’ project which will be coming to KICKSTARTER soon.

You might notice in the video the issues with moving, rotating, panning and zooming the models.

I’m using a trackpad on my MacBook Air M1 as well as a ‘One by Wacom’ but manipulating the models is impossible to do smoothly. In addition, the cursor is always visible and parts of the model highlight as I move the cursor across the screen to grab and move the model.

I wish Shapr3D had some basic shortcut keys to allow users to rotate models around an axis and maybe zoom in and out smoothly.

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**Author:** ![TigerMike](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/tigermike/32/32650_2.png) [@TigerMike](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TigerMike)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 10:07pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/alphanado-alpha-city-a-work-in-progress/19279/2 "2022-05-10T22:07:35Z")

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You might consider looking into the 3DConnexion Space Mouse. Here’s a short video I took of Shapr3D on my iMac with my iPhone and edited on my iPad. I had to limit it to 22 secs to fit inside 10mb. Note the (mouse) pointer is out of the way and on the navigation cube upper left (a bit hard to see). The Space Mouse makes for some nice fluid movements.

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**Author:** ![welshsteve](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/welshsteve/32/16111_2.png) [@welshsteve](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/welshsteve)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 10:20pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/alphanado-alpha-city-a-work-in-progress/19279/3 "2022-05-10T22:20:16Z")

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Thanks @TigerMike  
Definitely worth considering!

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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:** [May 11, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/alphanado-alpha-city-a-work-in-progress/19279/5 "2022-05-11T15:54:24Z")

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That wait will soon be over 😉

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**Author:** ![juanalvareztx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/779978/32.png) [@juanalvareztx](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/juanalvareztx)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 5:42pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/alphanado-alpha-city-a-work-in-progress/19279/6 "2022-05-17T17:42:54Z")

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Maybe a bit of a stretch, can it work with iPad?

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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:** [May 18, 2022, 7:10am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/alphanado-alpha-city-a-work-in-progress/19279/7 "2022-05-18T07:10:52Z")

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Sadly no, there is no driver for iPadOS.

However you can use sidecar or universal control to make it work with a mac and iPad.