New Feature Requests

[spdrx8]

Love the app and wish to see some other common tools implemented-

• Would be great to be able to select and manipulate vertices instead of just edges or faces
• A loop cut feature would be helpful
• Basic primitive shapes (cube, sphere, cylinder, torus, etc.)
• Allow symmetry in bodies (choose x,y, z or custom plane and the action you perform is done symmetrically)
• Link mirrored objects, so if you move one, the linked objects move as well
• Guide sketches for loft should be live, meaning if you edit the sketch, it should edit the body in real time
• Slice function for boolean operations (cuts objects where they intersect)
• Allow patterns/arrays in multiple directions and also along a path
• Allow rounding corners on sketches (similar to how in Adobe Illustrator the corner radius can be adjusted)

Thanks and God bless!

[Istvan]

Hi @spdrx8 , thanks a lot for your feedback, much appreciated. I assume that you are coming from a mesh modeling background, and new to the world of CAD, right? CAD systems follow a different logic and different data model, that requires a different workflows.

@spdrx8

• Would be great to be able to select and manipulate vertices instead of just edges or faces
• A loop cut feature would be helpful

Usually in a CAD system you approach modeling problems differently. If you are stuck without these features, feel free to post questions on the forum, and a lot of people are willing to help here to achieve what you want.

@spdrx8

• Allow patterns/arrays in multiple directions and also along a path

You can control the direction of the pattern by dragging its center somewhere, eg. on a line.

@spdrx8

• Allow symmetry in bodies (choose x,y, z or custom plane and the action you perform is done symmetrically)
• Link mirrored objects, so if you move one, the linked objects move as well
• Guide sketches for loft should be live, meaning if you edit the sketch, it should edit the body in real time

What you are looking for in this case is called parametric modeling. It’s a different modeling paradigm, Shapr3D is currently a direct modeling tool. We have big plans with parametric modeling though.

@spdrx8

• Slice function for boolean operations (cuts objects where they intersect)

I think you are looking for the Split Body tool.

@spdrx8

• Allow rounding corners on sketches (similar to how in Adobe Illustrator the corner radius can be adjusted)

Planned.

[spdrx8]

@Istvan Appreciate the quick response, yeah I come from a mesh modeling background and know it’s different, but would still be nice to see these implemented somehow I’m excited to see parametric modeling implemented as well! God bless you guys and keep up the good work!