Shapr 3D CAD for Parametric CULT only!
I’d give this a Zero, or minus 3 rating if I could. This CAD app has swallowed the “parametric” koolaide to the point it’s completely unusable by non-parametric users. WARNING: ALL of best, glowing reviews of Shapr 3D were done years ago before the Developer RE-CODED, with new confusing Parametric tools. Earlier version of Shapr 3D (2+ years ago) were very popular BUT the new version of last 1+ years is COMPLETELY different and MUCH, MUCH harder to use so IGNORE ALL the earlier positive reviews, they were based on simpler, NON-PARAMETRIC program that NO LONGER EXISTS!!
WARNING: If you’re NOT already extremely familiar with convoluted processes that Parametric CAD requires this Shapr 3D will drive you insane!! the confusing linking and locking of every CAD object you make will drive you crazy! NOTE: You are FORCED to use Parametric driven tools…there is NO WAY to disable the Paramentric requirements!!
WORSE: ALL the training vids are windows’s OS based so control names, images you see will leave you constantly lost when you look at your Mac OS desktop and often the included training videos run ON THE SCREEN you need to use covering up the controls you need to use, and there’s no speed control and no way to minimize the training vid. I wasted 30 hours trying to use and learn this tool. So if you’re not already very experienced w. Complex Parametric processes this app will EAT weeks and months of your time before you do anything useful
WARNING: If you’re NOT already extremely familiar with convoluted processes that Parametric CAD requires this Shapr 3D will drive you insane!! the confusing linking and locking of every CAD object you make will drive you crazy! NOTE: You are FORCED to use Parametric driven tools…there is NO WAY to disable the Paramentric requirements!!
WORSE: ALL the training vids are windows’s OS based so control names, images you see will leave you constantly lost when you look at your Mac OS desktop and often the included training videos run ON THE SCREEN you need to use covering up the controls you need to use, and there’s no speed control and no way to minimize the training vid. I wasted 30 hours trying to use and learn this tool. So if you’re not already very experienced w. Complex Parametric processes this app will EAT weeks and months of your time before you do anything useful
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The best app of my life
This is the best thing to help me for the future and the 3d is just amazing
Force closing
Constantly force closing whenever it tries to auto save. When will this get fixed??
It’s awesome
I use this program a lot. On the go with my tablet and on pc. I use it for designing parts and printing on 3d printers
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My new go to modeling software
Easy to pick up and intuitive as Sketchup yet much more powerful features seen in high-end design software like parametric modeling. Added bonus of running buttery smooth on iPad or PC. Learning is easy as videos pop up interactively as you use new tools.
Cool but no subscription
It works very well but I would like to buy it out right now than pay for a never ending subscription or have it not shoved in your face when going to anything in the app
Why this app is sooo gooood
This good because it way better than normal design app and you don’t have to pay also it gives a tutorial how to use with things which is super cool and that’s this app is the beeeesssttt
Great modeling software.
So far, this has been very easy to learn very user-friendly and I am looking forward to starting my journey and CAD modeling.
Good app
Wow
How do you spawn objects
I don’t what to do
Actually pretty good! Only one issue…
It’s really easy to use, it only took me like 20 minutes to make an iPhone concept. The fact that it’s super easy to use when you get the hang of it is awesome. There’s just one thing though, the blocked paid features. You have to pay to color your model or even take pictures, and it’s like 20 bucks a month. Other than that, it’s pretty good!
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Erratic Behavior
Arduous tutorial in just the sketch up hobbyist version. Fails to place added sketched elements on proper surface so can’t do extrusions as per directions in tutorial. Shapes keep getting decomposed into edges, making moving and deleting them aggravating. Cryptic messages about how dimensioning of shapes can’t be done because of conflicts with other constraints. I had used the simpler version of SketchUp previously with good results to easily make 3d renderings of work working projects, where 3d components could be quickly sketched, replicated and arrayed. This bells and whistles version is a big disappointment. Perhaps it behaves better if taking a paid subscription.
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Intuitive once you know the basics
Excellent program. Though i wish you could just buy it outright. Subscriptions are dumb
Nope!
Can't work on ipad
So close
I was originally astonished by how intuitive and easy it is to learn this software. I changed my 5 star to a 1 star when I realised they don’t have copy and paste as a feature. Ctrl C Ctrl V is primordial. It exists in every piece of design software, it’s maddening. In Shapr 3D you can copy drawings within the same sketch (as a drag and copy, weird but fine) but if you want to copy a drawing onto a different face/sketch, it’s not possible. In any other CAD program it’s as simple as select > Copy > Change face > Paste, but to achieve this effect in Shapr3D you need to do an insane work around or redraw the entire sketch, which I can’t emphasis enough, is clinically insane
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Great software, far too expensive
I’m loving the simplicity of it for 3D design, but it’s far too expensive for a hobbyist. I know there is a free version but its quality output is limited. I don’t mind paying for software, but this price just screams greed to me.
READ THIS
I’m sorry these people are lying. This app is so hard to use and half the stuff they teach you isn’t even on the screen to use
3d prints
This app has helped me so much with understanding cad and 3d design.
A drafting toy trying to be a tool
I come back to this app every once in a while, trying to like it, but it is the most frustrating CAD software I have ever used in my life. Somehow the Onshape iPad app works better than this one which is a shame because the interface in Shaper is actually pretty nice when it’s good. Unfortunately, it is bad, very bad the majority of the time.
Back when this app originally came out and it was dirt cheap, I could imagine potentially paying for it just to give it some more time and maybe it could grow on me. But there is absolutely no way I could pay this ridiculous premium for an app this frustrating to use.
Back when this app originally came out and it was dirt cheap, I could imagine potentially paying for it just to give it some more time and maybe it could grow on me. But there is absolutely no way I could pay this ridiculous premium for an app this frustrating to use.
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