UPDATE: drawings are finally here: 4.0 - 2D drawings + new pricing Hi All, New to the forums, been using Shapr3D for about 2 weeks now, I’m both impressed and unimpressed at the same time, maybe I’ve been spoiled in my career using large CAD packages like NX, Catia, Solidworks etc. My background …

Awesome stuff! Would love to hear more about your experience. Especially about what you’ve missed, and how we could make Shapr3D better for you. [image] Ampto: My background is in gear design, so of course the first thing i wanted to try was to draw a gear! Well it wasn’t exactly as straightfor…

Thanks for the response Istvan. Mostly my experience was very positive and I understand your companies software is still developing and adding features. For me, I’d really like to see Shapr3D as an all in one portable CAD package. Something I could take with me to a client, quickly mock up a design…

Great stuff, super helpful feedback. Most of these things are on our roadmap for the next 6-12 months, except sheet metal. Sheet metal is something we are considering, but it’s not in the planning phase yet.

Gear tutorials YES PLEASE! :clap:

Hey Oregonerd, I’ll try and post something here specifically for Shapr3D over the next week, i have a Masters Thesis due in the meantime… :frowning: You will need to know how to calculate, base, pitch, addendum and root circles as well as tip or tooth thickness, there are some calculators online f…

Great with an gear expert in here for input:) One workaround is to use a online gear generator, import to Shapr3d as dfx and extrude it. I´ve also used mcmaster-car. [image] Involute spur gear generator and simulator Gear Generator is a tool for creating involute spur gears and download…

Yes that is quite a common way of doing it even with CAD systems that are more capable. But I’m a stubborn fool who likes to keep it all inside 1 software haha. It is handy if the design is fluid and still changing as it saves you re-importing geometry all the time

Interested in making gears for 3D printing, How does “base, pitch, addendum and root circles as well as tip or tooth thickness” change by material?

These features are basically linked to the module of the tooth, among a handful of other things, not the material, higher module, bigger teeth and vice-versa. The variables at play are many so I won’t dribble on too much, but it is not as simply as, plastic gear = this module tooth etc. But from my …

That’s awesome news. We belive in You !

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