Hi, everyone! I use Shapr3d to model custom furniture and prepare files for CNC. Often there is a need to create similar parts of furniture but always size is different.
Let’s say we need to create simple cabinet with (length * width * height) = L * W * H. Most efficient way to model such cabinet would be to use previously made custom template of basic cabinet with any size where I could change corresponding parameters in history.
So instead of changing values in histry I would have parameters and formulas.
I mean when I create some complicated sketch of some model, so for example in Solidworks I can see what part of sketch is constrained or not. If I do something for my customers, I have to be sure I haven’t left any part of the sketch undimensioned. It’s frustrating for me at the moment because I can’t see where everything is constrained or where I’m missing something
Hi @Istvan, any chance the variables for parameters are coming soon? Don’t mean to be a pest, but this is the big feature I’ve been waiting on to fully switch away from Fusion360. Thank you!
Can you eloborate a bit please. It clearly hasnt been in the update for late August and soon^tm is kinda a meme. I understand if you cant commit to a timeline, but a reasoning would help. I am preparing a class beginning mid october and would love to use Shapr3d as the main course software. I have postponed the decision regarding this till late August because of your statement earlier and am trying to make a decision now.
I have to say, I’m starting to get rather frustrated. From a quick web search, other users have been asking for variable support for at least a few years now. Vague promises of “coming soon” are escalating this from being a reason I’ve not fully made the switch to Shapr3D yet to a reason I won’t switch to Shapr3D at all.
The only real thing stopping me from switching from something like onshape or fusion 360 is purely the parameters functionality. This is a CRUCIAL feature for prototyping rapidly and iterating designs.