The problem that this feature will solve:
The dimensional precision is a global setting in each drawing. Once a precision is chosen, it is applied to all dimensional callouts of similar type (length, for example). The standard practice in manufacturing is to tie displayed precision to tolerance, usually in the title block. For example:
X.XX +/-0.010”
X.XXX +/-0.001”
X/X +/- 1/64”
It appears that there is no way to choose precision individually for each dimension callout. This presents considerable difficulty in producing drawings for manufacturing, where one might naturally want to display the length of a shaft as a fraction, with +/- 1/64” tolerance, while displaying the diameter of a bearing journal on that shaft as an X.XXXX” dimension. Displaying the length of the shaft to X.XXXX’ precision looks unprofessional, and machinists and professionals will sneer at such drawings.
Brief description of the outcomes that you expect from this feature:
I love Shapr3D, don’t get me wrong, but as it stands, it is not yet capable of producing blueprints that can be handed out to the shop floor with proper annotations, tolerances, and dimensional precisions. If the 2 dimensional drawing capabilities were up to professional grade, I could easily use Shapr3D exclusively.
What can’t you achieve without this feature?
It’s absolutely a workflow blocker. I have to export solid models to AutoCAD, or Solidworks in order to produce respectable drawings that can be presented to the shop floor. I would like Shapr3D to be my one-stop solution that allows me to model, blueprint, and print drawings on the go, or on the shop floor with nothing but my iPad. It’s close, but just not there yet.