Using Shaper3D since few days and like it very muchā¦so I could convince my employer to but it for one year now (o;
Coming from FreeCAD Linux (and I still use it form time to time) I miss following features:
Non-uniform scaling
Seems it was requested since over a year now with an answer telling it was in the timelineā¦any progress on this? Especially for projecting text onto a non-planar surface this would be usefulā¦but think in other areas as well (o;
Multiple move/rotate with copy
When I watched the motor design tutorial it made me wonder why there isnāt an option to specify the number of copies instead of selecting/moving one by oneā¦
Especially when rotate/copy is involvedā¦like I need 23 copies around a 360Ā° circle.
Last but not least, an excellent small feature I like about FreeCAD:
Numeric input with calculation
This is really a time saver when drawing in FreeCAD. Instead of sketching first onto a piece of paper and calculate measurements and distance, I can enter in FreeCAD something like:
(23.7 - 17.85) / 3
Other than that I love Shapr3D so farā¦wellā¦automatic iCloud sync between iPad and macOS would be nice (o;
But I am pretty sure more enhancements will comeā¦just my opinion what I am missing during the transition to Shapr3D (o;
Something that popped up during my loudspeaker ball designā¦which is btw. really fun doing in Shapr3D
Probably many users here have a mechanical engineering or designer background and know exactly what to do at each stepā¦
ā¦butā¦ (o;
How about a snapshot function to save the current state of a design when the design is openā¦so I could revert back to a known previous stateā¦
I know that I can duplicate a design when I think that I am satisfied with the current progress and continue with the copy so that I can go back if I messed it upā¦which happens quite often as I am still in the learning phaseā¦but switching back and forth isnāt quite intuitive (o;
To move/rotate the view I just use the mouse buttonsā¦no additional pressing of the Shift key for rotating the view.
When set to āgestureā in FreeCAD you rotate it with the left mouse buttonā¦which couldnāt be used here of courseā¦but the middle mouse button is not usedā¦
Or make it a setting in preferences how someone would like to use the LMR mouse buttonsā¦
For my knob test to add the notches for a better grip I could just add a circle, angled it the same amount as the base knob, extrude the cutout and then rotate/copyā¦
As the number of copies/angle is missingā¦what about adding a āRepeatā command so the last manual copy/rotate or move is done again? That way my knob wold have been finished in no time
And as the designs are stored inside Shapr3D and not as regular files (well they are actual files on macOSā¦just weird naming/directories ;o)ā¦
The home screen might work if you just have some few design filesā¦but I would like to have the possibility to add folders there as well (and folders within folders ;o)ā¦
So in my case of my openpnp machine I have the main folder and within subfolders for the parts belonging to a certain axis or tool function.
I already see the mess in my home screen coming when all different designs not belonging together fill up one screen
