The previous vote has 36 votes so far, but a few have requested multiple votes. This will likely spread the will of the community better - so each user now has 2 votes. The topics are also a bit more general.
SELECT THE FEATURES THAT WOULD MAKE SHAPR3D YOUR #1 CHOICE:
Hi,
With this kind of choice, we go straight to a Fusion BIS.
If thatâs what you want, I donât.
I think it is better to focus on the tools that are really missing and not on gas plants that will only be used by a minority and that will weigh down the software.
In fact, I donât think itâs the concept of Shapr3d and the will of his team.
Of course, this is just my opinion as a Designer.
I think it does. If there is a clear request from the community, that will likely influence the roadmap. As this vote currently shows, users favor the original modeling concept of Shapr3d, but are clearly missing the option of organizing assemblies. This is quite natural as you grow with an app, you expect to explore a more complex workflow to be able to handle bigger projects more efficiently. If anything, it will remind the devs of what made Shapr3d such a fresh choice and direct their focus on making it the #1 choice of CAD in this area.
To be honest, I agree it wonât change anything. Twenty or thirty users might vote for a feature on the forum, but thousands of S3D users havenât even seen the forum at all.
Besides, Iâve long noticed that the S3D team follows their own roadmap â planned years ahead â and theyâre not in a hurry to adjust it based on forum suggestions.
If you read their replies here carefully, youâll see a pattern: either âitâs in our long-term/short-term plansâ or âitâs not planned at all.
But thereâs no harm in trying. Writing a few words or casting a vote takes just a moment â even if it doesnât change anything.
Well put. I agree it doesnât carry much weight with such few votes and youâre probably right regarding other support channels. I have no idea what ratio individual users are, but given the current feature set there are natural next steps that are similar no matter the customer.
My impression is that many users here in the forum are expecting some form of evolution of the app and a growing frustration of a lack thereof. Keeping it simple is great, but inefficiency isnât. A public roadmap intent would likely spur many discussions, but might also increase retainment or even invite new users. If an app isnât evolving, users will leave.
yeah, well, In several posts since like 2021, the devs have mentioned that assemblies are a priority and on the to-do listâŚ
again since 2021. four+ years later, same reply when you ask about this.
personally the whole âshared collaborationâ-thing is of no use to me, Iâd much rather have shapr3d handle proper assemblies (and no the align tool isnât a replacement for this)
Sheetmetal is as well really high on my wish list.
honestly, if it does assemblies and sheet metal Iâm more than happy to become a paying customer (again). until then however, nope.
If true Assemblies are coming up next, I wished GroMark had sited the newspaper site or scanned the newspaper. Also if they announced it already, they could have posted it on their website.
I know this will be a major feature but like @jean-philippe2 pointed out this can make Shapr into over bloated FUSION competitor, everyone remembers what parametric brought.
Itâs easy to spot the evolution now directmodeler/parametric modeler/variables/assembly/next animation/simulation/ ?
With heavy push towards collaboration, this major steps in the evolution makes sense.
If it was up to me I would have much preferred to first have the complete modeling toolset first before anything.
My original reason for using Shapr3d first itâs a FAST MODELER, second the iPad.
We donât even have the basic ones like, sketch fillet, offset constraints, pierce constraints (currently its manual and finicky), pattern along a path.
My preferred evolution.
directmodeler/parametric modeler/3d Curves/Surfacing Tools/Custom Scripting (for Jean)
Great post. I been meaning to make a similar one myselfâŚ. Except I would have split it into 2 part. One being a vote for the ânext big thingâ like
Assemblies (joints etc)
AI integration.
App store/extensions.
Clean up smaller feature gaps and general tidy up.
Those gaps being things like:
Pattern. Can not do âalong pathâ
Text tool. Text is not parametric. (could be solved if it could be a variable)
No hole feature.
iPad UI clean up. (mainly harmonize the items and history lists behaviour/gestures)
So I miss AI and extensions on the listâŚ.
AI could be REALLY powerfull and a huge time saver. Not as a replacement for CAD, but build in, as a helping hand. Imagine being able to say/write: â25 teeth spur gear, 12 mm wideâ or even simple things like: create a 25 x 50 x 100 mm box with 2 mm walls and radius 20 corners.
And Apps/extensions could fix some of the feature gaps, like a hole function. Including making things like 3D printable holes.
This statement is true for every app. If the team doesnât respond in the forums as frequent as before or even hint of upcoming features then they will likely lose users to Fusion.
âWe have some great things comingâŚâ gets old after a while.
Why not release tech demos and ask for feedback? A dedicated user group such as this forum is an invaluable source of free testing and feedback and should be exploited.
