Doesn’t feel ready for release
Morphi is the best!
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Packed with 3D Modeling and Rendering Power
Morphi is not intended to be a Solidworks type CAD app, but I have found ways to manipulate it to build complex and precise models for printed parts that I have sold commercially. Many customers of these parts are blown away to learn they were modeled on a mobile device.
The level of precision that can be managed in Morphi is 0.1 millimeter, or .004 inch, which is equal to the output precision (resolution) of your average FDM printer.
I like being able to work on my 3D models and drawings while traveling, on long flights and between them, on a mobile device instead of being chained to a desktop computer or notebook PC.
Morphi can, with a very simple procedure, export your models and drawings to STL files, which are ready for uploading to a slicer to convert to g-code for your printer.
As with any powerful drafting tool, there is a learning curve. It took about 24 hours for me to develop general proficiency with the Morphi tools and functions mostly by trial-and-error poking around. The tutorial videos with the screen capture recordings are useful, but it would be more helpful to show the actual hand and finger placements and movements, and to ensure that the tool panels shown in the videos actually match the current product layouts.
That said, there are some quirks:
1. When adding shapes to an existing model, it is impossible to get perfect alignment along flat surfaces. It doesn’t matter how much you fiddle with the manual, numeric entries into the XYZ scale and location, or the alignment template — the joined surfaces will always be off by a thousandths of an inch or so, making the “seam” between the old and new objects visible as a hair-line step.
I deal with this by creating a rectangle object, positioning it so that it overlaps or “intersects” with the surface I am trying to align for level, and then I use the “subtract” function to cleave across the irregular surface. This, of course, changes object dimensions and measurements, which need to be accounted for before actual 3D printing.
It would be useful if Morphi’s developers could add a “snap” tool to perfectly align surfaces from two objects, such as when stacking cubes or cylinders.
2. The alignment quirk described above creates challenges for 3D printing where portions of the object composed from multiple shapes, will punch through the “floor” of the drawing on the vertical or ‘z’ axis. These excesses have to be trimmed away and leveled off in Morphi, otherwise your 3D model will not have a solid base for holding contact with your printer bed.
When you go to slice your 3D model, if the skirt in the printing preview is underneath your object and not around it — that is a clue that the base on your object is not perfectly level and flat with the floor.
It would be useful if Morphi’s developers would add a “subtract floor” function.
3. Frequently and inexplicably, objects will shift their position after “merging.” Sometimes this happens and sometimes it doesn’t. I haven’t discovered any pattern of root causes other than the shifts are more likely to occur when there have been multiple rotations applied to one or more objects being merged, and when the objects are deeply intersecting with each other.
This can be extremely frustrating when it happens after a complex model has taken many hours to draft in Morphi. I am uncertain what the fix would be except to make this unwanted shifting completely go away.
4. There is no mechanism for outlining a portion of an object and increasing or decreasing the dimensions inside the outline. Often, I have a need to extend only a portion of an object and not just “grow” the overall proportions. Currently, to selectively increase length of a portion of an object, I have to add on another shape to the object. Without a snap alignment function this can add hours to the adjustment procedure.
5. The XYZ position movements always move away from the center of the project floor when toggling the (+) control, and towards the center of the project floor when toggling the (-) control. When one dives deep into a drawing, it is very easy to lose one’s point of reference in regard to being left or right of center. It would be useful to have some kind of indicator to help clue a “zoomed-in” operator on which direction the plus and minus control buttons will actually move the object.
6. When the scaling functions are used, the object selected will increase or decrease size on a particular axis on both sides of center. For carefully placed sub-objects, it would be useful to have a function that allows them to be locked at one end of the axis so that the scaling occurs only at the one, other end.
7. When using the very cool “lithoplane” function, which can render 2D patterns into 3D relief models, I get a “Boolean Processing, please wait …” alert when trying to “subtract” a shape object from it. This wait goes on … forever …and ends up freezing the software, forcing me to bump out of Morphi and clear my iPad memory / screen history to get the app to work again. It’s obviously some kind of processor- and memory-intensive function that exceeds the system resources of the iPad.
Despite the above improvements that could be made to the Morphi product, I still rate it as a FIVE-STAR app. For the $9.99 full-feature price, Morphi packs a huge amount of 3D CAD functionality, and with the massive convenience of working on a mobile device.
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Great, so far
The worst app i ever buyed
Amazing 3D modeling tool!
I really like the app and definitely think there are lot of possibilities and usages of it. Recommend to anyone who is looking for a 3D app to create something amazing!
The best 3D app out there
Brilliant app. Awesome devs
An updated review.
Yes, I’ve mentioned some issues such as needing an auto-save option, but even just saving the work and duplication are good substitutes.
Also love the save to STL function. The conversion to STL is spot on and quite useful plus the piece of work converts without either the merge or group functions. Just get the parts in place.
Response from developer
Hi Skypilot1992, Thank you so much for being a Morphi user and a valued member of our creator community and for taking the time to write such a thoughtful post. Saving and Loading As we mentioned by email, we are looking into improving saving and loading on your device given the many changes made to iOS15 and its updates for the newer iPads with M1 chips. We have not been able to reproduce the saving and loading issues you are experiencing and no one else has reported this yet so we will see if we can get more data to solve the problem on your specific device. In the meantime, please save your work to third party storage solutions on your iPad. Most of our creators using Morphi do this anyway as it streamlines their work for use on multiple devices like Macs and iPads and is the safest, especially as new iOS updates are introduced which unintentionally may affect saving and loading as well as the Files App on iPad where people sometimes store their 3D models. Many years ago, we had autosave in Morphi, but we disabled it because users complained that they did not want to spend time going back and deleting every random file that was created and autosaved. We are considering reinstating autosave in the future, but we will see if we can make it optional which was not available in the past. Booleans (including Subtract) Morphi is a solid constructive geometry modeling software and has limitations that most solid geometry modeling software experience, including occasionally not being able to subtract or merge geometries. This especially happens when you are using models that are created outside of Morphi as we do not know how the geometry was created. This is the case, not just in Morphi, but in most solid geometry software when trying to edit third party models. We are actively looking into how we can improve booleans among models made in Morphi that may get corrupted with many subtractions. We will let you know if we have any improvements. In the meantime, while not a perfect solution, many people who design models in Morphi bring models that do not subtract into a mesh editing software (there are a few free ones on the market) and run a quick auto-repair on the model so it can be editable for solid geometry. We are happy to help you explore how that can be done via our support email (hello@morphiapp.com). New Morphi Platform As you referenced, we are working on the next generation of Morphi which will be a separate, new cross platform 3D software with simple, powerful design, animation and other features. It will work with our existing Morphi apps on iPad and Mac, but will be very different in features as it is not a solid geometry modeler. Currently, the platform is in testing with our team only as we improve and stabilize the tools we are building. As we mentioned to you by email, you will be included in the alpha version once it is ready to share with the first batch of external testers from our Morphi community. We are here for you so going forward please reach out to us by email as that is the best way to reach us with questions and potential feature requests. If your experience with Morphi improves, we hope you will revise this review and star rating to reflect that. We are a small, independent developer and take reviews very seriously. We want to help our creators like you in any way we can. All our best and stay safe and well. Morphi app team
Morphy to procreate
Response from developer
Thanks so much JC Pottery. We are happy we could help you. Please feel free to connect with our support team again should you need assistance. All our best, Morphi app team
Love this app!!
Response from developer
Thanks so much Priscillalt99!! We're so happy that you are enjoying creating in Morphi. Lots to come in 2022 so we will keep you posted. Feel free to connect with our support team directly at hello@morphiapp.com should you need assistance. All our best, Morphi app team
Camera issues
Response from developer
Hi Anymouse, We are just seeing this now. For immediate support, please contact us directly at hello@morphiapp.com so we can help you. We are happy to walk you through the camera views (third tab on the right hand side when you are in a file). You may need to use zoom and pan for larger files. If you send us the file for support purposes, we would be happy to take a look and advise you on the best way to accomplish your design goals. We look forward to hearing back from you. Morphi app team
Awesome
Amazing freedom and capabilities
I think most appealing is that it can be used and enjoyed by someone with no previous 3D or AR experiences to someone who has used both at the highest level. All around just an incredible app.
Response from developer
Hi RPM 1989, Thanks so much for your kind words about Morphi. We're happy that you are enjoying creating in 3D and AR in the app and are excited to share our new AR Animation platform with you coming this quarter. We'll keep you posted on the alpha release. As always, please feel free to reach out to us directly at hello@morphiapp.com We're here for you! All our best, Morphi app team
Sensitivity
Response from developer
Hi Jojo, Thanks so much for reaching out and for rating Morphi. We are just seeing this nows so for support please contact us directly at hello@morphiapp.com and we will get back to you asap. Regarding your query, we would like to better understand what exactly is the issue with sensitivity. Are you having difficulty selecting and deselecting objects? Difficulties with moving objects around? Difficulties zooming in and out or moving the grid? If you email us directly at hello@morphiapp.com, you can walk us through the sensitivity issues you are experiencing and we can help resolve them. Regarding touch sensitivity generally on iPad, you can control this on your iPad's Settings created by Apple (Settings-Accessibility-Touch-Haptic Touch). We look forward to hearing back from you by email so we can better serve you. All our best, Morphi app team
