# Mouse or Apple Pencil on the iPad?

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/mouse-or-apple-pencil-on-the-ipad/20726>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [August 3, 2022, 11:22pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/mouse-or-apple-pencil-on-the-ipad/20726 "2022-08-03T23:22:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![mikeschn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/mikeschn/32/10254_2.png) [@mikeschn](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/mikeschn)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 11:22pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/mouse-or-apple-pencil-on-the-ipad/20726/1 "2022-08-03T23:22:24Z")

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I’m curious. I just connected my bluetooth mouse to my iPad (the keyboard is already connected) and I tried using the mouse instead of the pencil. It’s actually quite nice!

So the question is, who else out there is using the mouse on the iPad to do Shapr3D?

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**Author:** ![Stephen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/stephen/32/16350_2.png) [@Stephen](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Stephen)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 6:41am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/mouse-or-apple-pencil-on-the-ipad/20726/2 "2022-08-04T06:41:03Z")

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I tried it, but the pencil is much better in my opinion.

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**Author:** ![mikeschn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/mikeschn/32/10254_2.png) [@mikeschn](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/mikeschn)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 7:48pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/mouse-or-apple-pencil-on-the-ipad/20726/4 "2022-08-04T19:48:28Z")

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@SteSchmi  
I tried the 3dConnexion Space Explorer on the Win version, and it doesn’t work yet. ☹

But the Space Explorer works great on the Mac. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Welder\_Foo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/6bbea6/32.png) [@Welder\_Foo](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Welder_Foo)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 9:36am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/mouse-or-apple-pencil-on-the-ipad/20726/5 "2022-08-06T09:36:31Z")

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Splines are easier with a mouse. It can be quite frustrating using the pressure spline method with the pencil.

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**Author:** ![Vassi\_solutions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@Vassi\_solutions](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Vassi_solutions)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2022, 12:02pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/mouse-or-apple-pencil-on-the-ipad/20726/6 "2022-08-07T12:02:44Z")

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I prefer using the pencil and touch. But I do use mouse and keyboard from time to time.