Why do you need a “Apple” Pen to work on this or IPad that is “Compatible” for the Apple Pen. I have a pen that works on any touchscreen device. If you can provide the reason other than what the apple pen is Capable of then Thank you!
We chose the Apple Pencil as it’s the stylus that provided the level of accuracy and precision we will want to deliver the app with. Its pressure sensitive, with a great latency and palm rejection. Most of the other styluses are not pressure sensitive and this is a major requirement for creating models with Shapr3d.
The Apple Pencil is not a piece of plastic. It’s an active device. This means that the software can distinguish a touch from a Pencil, that is fundamental in order to deliver the user experience that Shapr3D is based on.
There are Pen’s that are also not Plastic and Better Senstivity Rather than just choosing a Pen that only works with SOME of the IPad’s, Thanks for Responding!
I guess , as apple pen need more money,
It can identify the target consumor,
as the people who use a compatible pen will not pay for App in a big probalility.
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No, this is not the reason. It’s simply because the Apple Pencil is the only active stylus with a significant market share.
Ok, I chose to trust you.
From Xhz
I know this post was written a while ago but where exactly this pressure sensitivity used in Shapr3D? Or that’s not the case anymore in newer versions?
Think of it as a right and left click
Can you give an example? I haven’t found this functionality anywhere.
Pressure sensitive used for sketching splines.
What exactly you can do using pressure sensetivness?
sketching splines.
I do not use any variable pressure for sketching splines.
No matter how hard I will press nothing is changing. New lines adding even with light touch of pencil.
Using only the Pencil?
Yes. I don know other methods on iPad.
I can only draw a spline using pressure points. Show me a video please.
Adding lines or new spline point. No variable pressure used for that.
Interesting. I just learned something, and it works.
It used to be that you needed pressure points to sketch a spline. Didn’t know it had changed. Guess I’m still ‘old school’ 
…and old habits.
So I learned something new too. Any other places where pressure used?