Valence 3D is a new powerful, beautiful & easy-to-use 3D modeling & design tool built from the ground up for iPad & iPhone. No matter whether you're learning 3D modeling for the first time or a professional working in design, construction, gaming, web dev, digital fabrication, architecture, or spatial computing, Valence 3D has what you need to get started! CREATE, IMPORT, EDIT & EXPORT 3D MODELS • 15 primitive shapes are built-in & ready to help you start modeling: plane, box, sphere, squircle, rounded box, arc, circle, cylinder, tube, cone, capsule, torus, icosphere, helix & voronoi • Import existing models and reference images • Import a lidar scan or room plan directing in modeling mode • Compatible import & export formats: OBJ, STL, USD, USDZ • Move, Rotate, & Scale gizmos make it easy to transform nodes, faces, edges & vertices • Powerful modeling gizmos for extruding, insetting, beveling, poking, creasing & cutting • Multiple selection & automatic loop selection help accelerate your modeling • Tap on one of the gizmo handles to bring up an input field for precise transformations & mesh operations • While using a gizmo, touch down with a second finger to turn on snapping • Selection operations: grow, shrink, select shell & deselect • Mesh operations: duplicate, instance, center pivot, apply transform & subdivide • Face operations: separate, combine, bridge, extract, poke, collapse, delete, dissolve, harden & soften • Edge operations: extrude, insert vertex, collapse, dissolve, bridge, harden & soften • Vertex operations: insert edge, dissolve, delete & merge • Non-destructive & configurable mesh modifiers: mirror & subdivision • Apply complex transformations using different gizmo pivot points & orientations EASILY NAVIGATE & STAY IN FLOW WHILE DESIGNING • Carefully crafted & fully optimized for iPhone & iPad • Designed to minimize cognitive overload by only showing tools & commands that are contextually relevant • Easily navigate to any part of your model by dragging and pinching: two finger pinch to zoom and roll, and one finger drag to rotate • Pop into the standard orthographic views by tapping one of the handles of the orientation gizmo • Use two & three finger tap gestures to undo & redo • Select components by dragging or using the rectangular selection mode • Your work is saved automatically every two minutes and everytime you go back to the gallery • Get an overview of your scene’s structure from the Outliner • Long press on a node in the Outliner to easily rename, duplicate, instance, delete, parent & reorder any object in your scene • Precisely adjust any node’s position, rotation & scale with the Inspector • Adjust material properties, display & modifier options with the Inspector STAY ORGANIZED ACROSS ALL YOUR DEVICES • Preview, share, duplicate, delete & rename your models from the gallery • iCloud syncing keeps all your models up to date, private & accessible across all your devices PREVIEW, MEASURE, & RENDER YOUR CREATIONS • 5 powerful rendering modes: Modeling, Physically Based, X-Ray, Wireframe & Path Traced • Export renders in any aspect ratio & scale • Preview your model in AR in two taps • Export your scene as a USDZ & be confident it’ll look consistent on all Apple devices • Tweak your model’s material & see changes in real-time • Tweak-able scene settings: camera field of view, background type, blurriness, intensity & rotation • Get model measurements in one click • Add persistent dimensions between any two surfaces in your scene PURCHASE & COMPATIBILITY • One time purchase unlocks both iPhone & iPad versions • Apple Pencil supported on select iPads • 120 FPS supported on devices with ProMotion displays • Path Tracing is supported on iPads with M series chips & iPhones with A15 Bionic & later • Lidar Scan & Room Plan is supported on devices with a lidar sensor
Really awesome
Valence is a great 3D modeler for iPad/iPhone, and it’s so new. I can’t wait to see how much it will improve over time.
Don’t work on 17.4 don’t update.
Crashes way more on 1.08 wait for update. If you have working app and your files are safe. I shouldn’t have updated Update 4/25/24 ( it’s not loading on my IPhone nor my IPad. It loaded once after update. And now nothing at all it just crashes. Both are on iOS and iPad 17.4 I uninstalled to get it to work as a fresh install. And it deleted the files I was working on. And it’s no folder in my file for this app. So I don’t know where anything I would be working on is at the moment.) I hope they can fix the crashing and iCloud bugs. Until then I will go back to using nomad sculpt until a few patches and updates. I really like the app)
Fantastic app!
I have been waiting for something like this for years. Happy to spend $30 and support something that is not a subscription and works so intuitively. The biggest benefit to sketchup was how easy it was to prototype stuff and i think you've captured that with this app design. Im looking forward to future updates hopefully and hope you stick with the one time charge model, i will be telling everyone about this!
Accessibility
Please let us increase vert point size and increase edge thickness. Otherwise it’s a great tool, and I’m excited for its future.
Potential for Greatness
Let me just say that this app really has the makings and base of something that could become very powerful for iPadOS, the fact that we finally have something descent and intuitive with its tools shows the capability and possibilities of developers starting to see the iPad as another operating system for capability. That being said I would love to see support for Bluetooth mouse functionality like you would see when using blender making it also intuitive for blender users to be able to pickup and use on the go. Most apps are always scaled down tech of the desktop able ones but it would be great to see desktop capable performance on iPad os to show everyone the iPad is the next frontier of computing and functionality, Cheers to the Dev
Excellent 3D Modeling App!
This app is amazing! The UI is beautiful and intuitive, the toolset is great for a fledgling app that’s still growing, and it fills a gap in the 3D app ecosystem on iOS and iPadOS. This app is an excellent option for polygonal modeling and hard-surface projects, and it’s getting better with every new update. I really appreciate the work the developer has done to make this wonderful app. It even has a 3D lidar scanner built-in, which could be very useful! 👍🏻. And the file export options are awesome, you can even select which units of measure you want to use in your exported model, such as inches, mm, feet, meters, etc. This app is already off to a great start, I’m really excited about it’s potential! 👍🏻. Thank you to HiRez for the amazing work! 👍🏻
Crashes on my 2019 iPad Pro
I’ve only been able to open up the app and get into a file 1 time in 4 days of having the app. And I’m pretty sure it’s slowing down my iPad, ever since I’ve downloaded this app. Not sure if they do refunds…
Apr 28, 2024
Apr 27, 2024
Apr 26, 2024
• Fixed startup crash due to iCloud. Ensured that iCloud is disabled for new users. • Fixed snapping state bug in settings. Ensured snapping is not turned off if turned on.
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