I have an iPad Pro with iPadOS 18.1.1 and Apple Pencil Pro. Granted, I am a newbie to CAD and 3D Printing. I want to create models for printing with my Bambu P1S and am starting to get the hang of using Shapr3D on my Windows desktop with a mouse. But, I’m having problems using my iPad and Apple Pen…

Anyone have any suggestions? :slightly_smiling_face:

Hi Mark, [image] msibleyj: go into Sketch mode and select Rectangle and point and drag the pencil, I either get the selection or nothing. My guess is you need to be just a little quicker moving the pencil after locating the start point. If you get the selection tool, then there was too long …

Hi Bob, Thanks for your helpful suggestions! I will give them a try. Basically, it looks like an issue of dexterity–which I may be lacking. Mark

My biggest qualm about Shapr3D Apple Pencil support is that actions are too time dependent.

Hi Mark, I had many of the same issues you are having with the iPad Pro and the Apple Pencil Pro. Just a warning on my advice I know less than zero about CAD and the digital world in general! Having said this I have made much progress in solving these issues. Some had advised that it was an issue…

Dave, Thanks for the feedback. Alas, mine is a non-pro pencil. I will take your advice about zooming in more. Mark

Mark, The non-pro pencil should work better… did you go into the iPad settings and then go into the pencil settings (make sure the pencil is in the iPad magnetic charger on the iPad) to access all the settings. Are there settings that can be disabled on the non-pro pencil when you look at the setti…

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msibleyj January 15, 2025, 9:00pm 9

Thanks for the additional info. I have those settings, too, and I just turned them off, which improves things significantly.

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