Shapr 3D CAD modeling ٤+

I have used many CAD program in the past, and was an early adopter of this software. But the price is absolutely ridiculous. Like other reviewers, I am also paying $50 a month (with a gun to my head) for ALL of Adobe’s graphic design software, and I resent it. We are sick and tired of subscriptions.

This program is priced so far out of the range of the “ideal” target market that I don’t understand who is making these decisions. As an MBA, I’ll point the finger at either inexperienced MBAs or at least an MBA thought process. Your best pricing would take into consideration the needs of “makers” or folks with hobbyists with 3D printers...in fact, my cheapest 3D printer cost HALF of the annual subscription price of Shapr3D.

I’m not saying the software isn’t worth it...it’s well-done. But you are missing out on a HUGE market of people willing to pay $9.99 a month (auto-draft, without the funny pricing games and forcing customers to pay annually to get that price). There needs to be a pricing option between the severely limited crappy free version and the $239/annual price. Quit ignoring the feedback! Take it seriously...you’ll have more people sign up, and you’ll probably make more!

Stumbled across this application and after reading the description it hinted at a similarity to a highly expensive parametric design software for pc known as Solid Works. That caught my interest because that was a software I fell in love with while in school for mechanical design. So that alone made me download and try the app. I tried the free version which is fully functional when it comes to design but limits certain features and number of designs that can be created. After a few versions of a design which I completed. I decided to bite the bullet and sign up for the monthly full version. So far I am glad I did you gain extra features to not only save your designed without limited number but also adjust colors to make designs look and feel more real to get a better idea of the vision of the product you are considering constructing. This app is intuitive but I have extensive Solid-works and AutoCad exposure and that helped tremendously with designing on this because this program is a slight mixture of both applications and tooling works similar to a blend of each of those two programs. Apple Pencil is a necessity for this because it acts as a mouse/courser and is very precise.