With Shape3d Design you can create your own surf, sail board, kite surf, ... design, check it in real time 3d view (DirectX) and print it at full scale.
For the personnal board builder it computes all the marks and "shaping lines" needed for manual shaping.

The detailed features are the following :

• Design of board lines (outline, scoop, rocker and slices) by simple mouse click, drag and drop.
• 3D designing : moving of smoothing point on a 3d view.
• Design several board simultaneously with multi-framing.
• 3D Viewer DirectX (wireframe and solid) with rotational motion, movable spotlight, zooming ...
• Import of pictures to copy an existing board from photos.
• Grid for a more accurate drawing.
• Importation of guideslines from hand measurment.
• Automatic fitting of the curves on the guidelines.
• Print of plans and marks for building (plain and sandwich).
• "Board chart" editing, with 3d view.
• Full scale printing of slices, outline and profile.
• Display of specifications and marks for acurate following of measurements at usual points (3", 6", ... from tail or nose).
• Size and marks displayed in centimeters, millimeters, inches or fractional inches.
• Browser of models with quick viewer.
• Comparison between shapes by superposition.
• Copy and paste of profile, outline and slice from one board to another.
• Symetric nose/tail models (kite surf).
• Mapping of decoration (bitmap image) on the board.
• Setup and view of mast, fin and footstrap boxes.
• Surfcad © compatibilty.
• APS3000 © compatibilty.
• Automatic saving.
• New! File protection against the copy or modification of your Shape3d models (Contact us).