# First Observations on MacOS Shapr3D

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/first-observations-on-macos-shapr3d/11064>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [January 25, 2021, 11:18pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/first-observations-on-macos-shapr3d/11064 "2021-01-25T23:18:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Steamflyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@Steamflyer](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Steamflyer)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/first-observations-on-macos-shapr3d/11064/41 "2022-11-24T20:22:25Z")

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It makes it hard to randomly rotate a model. Since SW is pretty much the standard across about 70% of the CAD world that makes things from models, it would seem to make more sense to adopt their tried and true methodology.

At the very least, could you adopt their “space bar to get the camera cube” method? The Shapr3D cube is so very tiny.

Don’t get me wrong, Shapr3D is a great program, I use it often, but I also make actual machined and molded parts and assemblies and there are times I get frustrated by the constraints of Shapr’s rotation feature!

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**Author:** ![Istvan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/istvan/32/23668_2.png) [@Istvan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Istvan)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2022, 8:24pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/first-observations-on-macos-shapr3d/11064/42 "2022-11-24T20:24:56Z")

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I understand that you don’t like the current camera interaction, but so far we didn’t get too many complaints about it. We always keep our eyes open for improvements, so if this comes up more frequently, we’ll definitely improve it.

Can you share a screenshot of your screen with the cube? I’m wondering why it’s small for you.

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**Author:** ![Steamflyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@Steamflyer](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Steamflyer)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/first-observations-on-macos-shapr3d/11064/43 "2022-11-24T20:29:09Z")

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![Shar3D Cube](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/8/4/84fbbd96eec197b0e53f62122a8d8d2572ee2154.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Zecnarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Zecnarf](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Zecnarf)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2022, 11:41pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/first-observations-on-macos-shapr3d/11064/44 "2022-11-24T23:41:40Z")

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Pic 1 = Humor vs. Pic 2 = reality

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**Author:** ![Steamflyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@Steamflyer](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Steamflyer)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/first-observations-on-macos-shapr3d/11064/45 "2022-11-25T14:53:20Z")

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Thanks for the information - looks like just have to use the cube more as opposed to “dragging.” Is there a way to make it a little bigger?

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**Author:** ![stefanbauer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/stefanbauer/32/20459_2.png) [@stefanbauer](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/stefanbauer)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 12:11pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/first-observations-on-macos-shapr3d/11064/46 "2023-04-27T12:11:12Z")

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Here is a user who would like to see that “improvement” as well 🙂

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